Synopsis: Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge.” The rip-roaring adventure finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil's Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea—notably Jack. Jack's only hope of survival lies in the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it he must forge an uneasy alliance with Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), a brilliant and beautiful astronomer, and Henry (Brenton Thwaites), a headstrong young sailor in the Royal Navy. At the helm of the Dying Gull, his pitifully small and shabby ship, Captain Jack seeks not only to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune, but to save his very life from the most formidable and malicious foe he has ever faced.               

UAE Rating: PG-15
Genre: Action-Adventure
Director: Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg
Script: Jeff Nathanson and Terry Rossio
Cast: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin R. McNally, Golshifteh Farahani, David Wenham, Stephen Graham and Geoffrey Rush

Synopsis: Set in Cutter Mississippi, the film follows a man who discovers the dark truth about his neighbor and the secrets he may be keeping in the cellar.                 
  
UAE Rating: TBC
Running time: 87 min.
Genre: Crime/Horror/Thriller
Director: Marcus Dunstan
Script: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton
Cast: Josh Stewart, Alex Essoe

It has been a while since I have put up a review. But yesterday's Novo 7 star experience at the Festival Center Mall, while watching the movie The Edge of Seventeen has compelled me to write a few words.

For those of you who don't like reading lengthy reviews and just want get the summary of it all, then I will tell you this. It was ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. And for those of you would like to know why, then allow me to explain.

The new Novo 7 star cinema at the Festival Center Mall, from the get go gave me a VIP experience. It had a special entrance where the Novo cinema staff greeted me. Since I was early, I was asked to wait in the lounge area where they have installed comfortable and visually appealing seats. They informed me that with the Novo 7 star experience, I can order gourmet meals which will be prepared and delivered while I was watching the movie. After looking at the menu, I was spoiled with choice. Each item in the menu was appetizing and delicious but I chose to get a classic club sandwich & raspberry cheesecake for desert. They provided the sandwich before the movie started and the desert sometime in the middle as I requested.

The seats at the Novo 7 stars are by far the best I have ever sat in. It is electrically reclining and felt as if I was travelling in business class. It also has a button which can be pressed to summon one of the Novo 7 star staff, if you like to order anything else from the menu. They also gave a blanket & a pillow which was packed in a airtight bag.

In short, it is an experience worth having, specially for those who cannot sit in the normal cinema seats for more than one and a half hours. The cost of each ticket is AED150 while the gourmet meals will cost about AED30 to 50 per person depending on what you order. Reasonably priced I would say, since normal food (non-fast-food which is the healthy option) at the food court costs about the same. The option of having your lunch/dinner while watching a movie saves time, for a busy person like me, is a good thing.

I definitely had "A Great Time Out"

Synopsis: After top neurosurgeon Stephen Strange is injured in a car accident that ruins his career, he sets out on a journey of healing, where he encounters the Ancient One, who becomes Strange's mentor in the mystic arts.
UAE Rating: PG13
Running time: 115 min.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Scott Derrickson
Script: Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson 
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton

Synopsis: A man of Pakistan’s Elite Special Forces whose life gets entangled with politics. He soon realizes that serving the nation is more complicated than simple following of orders.                     
 
UAE Rating: TBC
Running time: 2 hrs. 35 min.
Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller
Director: Ashir Azeem
Cast: Ashir Azeem, Farhan Ally Agha, Hassan Niazi

Synopsis: NSA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

UAE Rating: 15+

Running time: 134 min.
Genre: Biography/Drama/Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Script: Oliver Stone, Kieran Fitzgerald
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodely

Synopsis: The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon.
Genres:  Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Director: David Lowery
Writers:David Lowery (screenplay), Toby Halbrooks (screenplay)
Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley

Synopsis: A hopeless man stranded in the wilderness befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.

UAE Rating: 15+
Running time: 95 min.
Genre: Adventure/Comedy/Drama
Director: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Script: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert  
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Dano, Mary Elizabeth Winstead