Green Lantern shining strong

Green Lantern
There’s a twinge of let’s-do-better ambition here, but no sooner are we introduced to villain Parallax – who’s out to destroy the Lanterns – than the film takes a ruinous detour to Earth. Whenever it returns to terra firma, its imaginative flights are ground under the Warners overlords’ demographic-pandering heels. Keith Uhlich
Weekly box office (June 16- June 22): Dhs3,268,117
Weekly admissions: 74,234
Total box office: Dhs3,268,117
Total admissions: 74,234

Super 8
A train crash, complete with multiple explosions, blows out your eardrums. And the kids who accidentally film it – mainly Joe the grief-dazed son of a recently widowed Ohio police deputy, and Alice, the love interest of his gang’s cheesy zombie flick – are bound for a shrieky adventure. Super 8, for all its dewy-eyed nostalgia, is undeniably a product of today’s abbreviated attention spans. Joshua Rothkopf
Weekly box office: Dhs2,167,771
Weekly admissions: 63,908
Total box office: Dhs2,167,771
Total admissions: 63,908

Kung Fu Panda 2
Dreamworks’ latest flick packs a punch when it comes to delivering fast-paced action sequences, but it comes up short on plot. After proving himself to be a worthy warrior in the first film, Po was launched to hero status among his small-town peers, but it turns out the panda’s kung fu journey is far from complete. Mary Squillace
Weekly box office: Dhs1,767,276
Weekly admissions: 44,791
Total box office: Dhs10,851,220
Total admissions: 264,492

X-Men: First Class
Erik Lehnsherr, aka Magneto (Fassbender), is out for the blood of scoundrel Sebastian Shaw, the energy-sapping mutant Nazi who executed Erik’s mother. Meanwhile, in the cosy pubs of Oxford, fledgling genetics professor Charles Xavier (McAvoy) has been roped-in by the CIA to use his telepathic powers to locate Shaw. What follows is a jolly collection of snappy montages and FX setpieces. McAvoy plays Xavier as a raffish boffin and his charming performance is one of the film’s high points. David Jenkins
Weekly box office: Dhs518,682
Weekly admissions: 15,624
Total box office: Dhs4,320,573
Total admissions: 126,572

The Hangover Part II
Expect the completely expected when the wolfpack find themselves on another stag night, only this time the brown stuff hits the fan when they lose one of their number in Bangkok. Though at times a little more risqué than the first Hangover, the plot is almost identical, and a joke is never as funny the second time around. Holly Sands
Weekly box office: Dhs439,222
Weekly admissions: 12,150
Total box office: Dhs8,064,317
Total admissions: 231,560

365 Youm Saada (Arabic)
365 Youm Sa’ada is the story of playboy millionaire Hady (Ezz) who has looks, money and charm ... and a penchant for multiple marriages. When he wants out, he simply fakes a life-threatening illness. Easy. But when he really falls for a girl (Ghanem) his world is shattered when he finds out she has cancer and has been given a year to live. As with many romantic Egyptian films, 365 Youm Sa’ada focuses on the two stars for 90 per cent of the picture. Their charms wear thin and the comedy talents of a supporting cast including Lotfy Labib, Mai Kassab, Salah Abdallah and Youssef Daoud are wasted. A lack of chemistry between the stars is contrasted by impressive camera work; with beautiful sceneries from start to finish. A film to appeal only to die-hard Ezz or Ghanem fans.
Weekly box office: Dhs291,128
Weekly admissions: 9,579
Total box office: Dhs946,891
Total admissions: 30,229

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Johnny Depp is back in the headscarf and eyeliner as Captain Jack Sparrow, whose search for the Fountain of Youth has foundered for no specific reason. Finding himself in London for no specific reason, he soon falls in with ex Angelica (Penélope Cruz), who is masquerading as Sparrow for no specific reason. Together they set off for the fountain, pursued by Geoffrey Rush’s peg-legged Barbossa, who has joined the British navy for no specific reason. On Stranger Tides is simply lifeless. Tom Huddleston
Weekly box office: Dhs300,986
Weekly admissions: 8,807
Total box office: Dhs13,359,906
Total admissions: 301,156

Fasel Wa Naoud (Arabic)
The story of taxi driver Karim (Abdulaziz) who cares for nothing in the world except his friend and his son. He faces a custody fight with his son’s grandfather after the boy’s mother dies. The somewhat confusing plot escalates when the boy is kidnapped and Karim loses his memory in a suspicious accident.
Weekly box office: Dhs161,862
Weekly admissions: 5,314
Total box office: Dhs524,538
Total admissions: 17,279

Rabbit Hole
This adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire’s play offers the sort of tragedy that all but guarantees mountains of tissues on multiplex floors. Rabbit Hole initially keeps its cards close to its chest: why is Nicole Kidman’s suburbanite so disturbed over those symbolically trampled flowers? And what’s up with the old home videos her husband (Eckhart) watches? Slowly, it’s revealed that they’ve suffered a loss that no amount of sympathy, squash games and support groups can cure. David Fear
Weekly box office: Dhs158,471
Weekly admissions: 5,232
Total box office: Dhs158,471
Total admissions: 5,232

London Boulevard
The directing debut of William Monahan adapts Ken Bruen’s novel about an ex-con in London, who becomes the bodyguard of a nervy actress while trying to keep himself on the straight and narrow. Despite a big-name cast and talented crew, it’s a lifeless film. Dave Calhoun
Weekly box office: Dhs125,781
Weekly admissions: 4,171
Total box office: Dhs893,448
Total admissions: 27,675