{
  "id": 3555503,
  "title": "What to watch in UAE cinemas and on OTT this weekend: Toxic, Harry Potter and more",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/what-to-watch-in-uae-cinemas-and-on-ott-this-weekend-toxic-harry",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T11:47:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/what-to-watch-in-uae-cinemas-and-on-ott-this-weekend-toxic-harry-potter-and-more-1.500652948"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This weekend's cinema and OTT options offer a diverse lineup of films. Yash's Toxic, despite mixed reviews, has already reached over ₹500 million in opening day takings. The Kannada film follows a gangster navigating loyalty and redemption. Other notable films include Dark Matter Season 2 on Apple TV, which continues the original sequel to Blake Crouch's bestselling novel. Netflix's The Whisper Man, directed by James Ashcroft and featuring Michael Keaton, delves into a nursery rhyme about a serial killer. For a more intimate experience, Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars explores post-apocalyptic survival through the eyes of a lone pilot. Meanwhile, on OTT platforms, Coyote vs Acme, a Warner Bros. film rescued from cancellation, offers a unique live-action/animation hybrid involving legal battles between a cartoon character and a corporation. Lastly, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone is making its 25th anniversary return to UAE cinemas, allowing fans to relive the magic before the new HBO series premieres in December.",
  "summary": "This weekend is doing entirely too much. It's the kind of weekend that makes your watchlist look like a hostage note, five different genres, three different continents' worth of trauma, and a cartoon with a legal grudge twenty-five years in the making. Grab the popcorn, block out the weekend, here's what actually deserves your remote and your ticket money. Yash's Toxic beats Dhurandhar's opening…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}