Chand Mera Dil movie review: Ananya Panday and Lakshya's Chand Mera Dil turns love, marriage, feminism, trauma and toxic relationships into one long aesthetically-lit headache with missing chemistry and fully visible overacting.
Drishyam 3 movie review: Director Jeethu Joseph's Drishyam 3, starring Mohanlal, Meena and Siddique, is a sequel that prioritises drama over intelligence. While the film has some meaty ideas that could make for a brilliant thriller, it settles for less because of its writing.
Hokum review: Adam Scott plays a troubled horror writer who reaches a remote Irish hotel to scatter his parents' ashes, and becomes fixated on a locked honeymoon suite. Damian McCarthy's film sustains an eerie folklore mood and strong performances, but the narrative grows increasingly uneven.
Chand Mera Dil movie review: Ananya Panday and Lakshya's Chand Mera Dil turns love, marriage, feminism, trauma and toxic relationships into one long aesthetically-lit headache with missing chemistry and fully visible overacting.
Drishyam 3 movie review: Director Jeethu Joseph's Drishyam 3, starring Mohanlal, Meena and Siddique, is a sequel that prioritises drama over intelligence. While the film has some meaty ideas that could make for a brilliant thriller, it settles for less because of its writing.
Hokum review: Adam Scott plays a troubled horror writer who reaches a remote Irish hotel to scatter his parents' ashes, and becomes fixated on a locked honeymoon suite. Damian McCarthy's film sustains an eerie folklore mood and strong performances, but the narrative grows increasingly uneven.
Karuppu movie review: Director RJ Balaji's Karuppu, starring Suriya, Trisha and himself, is a fantasy courtroom drama that exposes how corruption is deeply ingrained in the system. While the film taps into a familiar idea, it doesn't capitalise and use it to its full potential.
Pati Patni Aur Woh Do brings Ayushmann Khurrana back to his small-town comic comfort zone. The film stays light and crowd-pleasing and avoids saying anything deeper - a clean, breezy entertainer.
Arun Anirudhan's Athiradi follows Samkutty as he joins BCET College to revive Arohan after a deadly stampede shut the fest down. The film draws its strength from campus nostalgia, humour and the bond between two brothers, despite uneven writing elsewhere.
Indian Institute of Zombies follows a campus immortality experiment that unleashes a zombie outbreak. The film's promising satire and genre ambition are undercut by weak writing and tonal confusion.
Mortal Kombat II The film brings Earthrealm into the long-delayed tournament against Shao Kahn's forces. Leaning fully into camp and carnage, Karl Urban's arcade bloodbath is dumb fun done right. Here is our review.
29 – The Film movie review: Director Rathna Kumar's 29, starring Vidhu and Preethi Asrani, is a romantic drama. The film is about a man who'll soon turn 30, and his tryst with love while battling an identity crisis. While the film's intentions are right, it takes unwanted detours before getting on the right path.
Hugh Jackman leads a village murder mystery in which a flock of sheep follows the clues. The film turns an absurd idea into a warm family caper with charm to spare.
Daadi Ki Shaadi movie review: A marriage rumour brings an estranged family back to their mother in Shimla. The film's promising idea gets weighed down by preachy melodrama and emotional overkill.
Krishnavataram revisits Krishna's story through Bhama's romance, heartbreak and transformation. The film stands out for its visual sweep and its emphasis on love, equality and emotional conflict.
Dug Dug movie review: Ritwik Pareek's Dug Dug follows a dead man's Luna as it turns him into Thakur Sa after repeatedly returning to the accident spot. The film uses the shrine's rise into a temple to trace how faith, spectacle and commerce merge in everyday India.
Riteish Deshmukh's Raja Shivaji stages Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's rise with scale and conviction. The film draws strength from its action and performances, even as the screenplay lacks precision.
Patriot movie review: Director Mahesh Narayanan's Patriot, starring Mammootty, Mohanlal and Fahadh Faasil, is a surveillance thriller that exposes the perils of spyware installed in civilians' tech devices. With intelligent writing and a grounded vision, it is spy cinema done right — minor shortcomings and all.
Ek Din review: Sai Pallavi and Junaid Khan's romantic film follows Dinesh and Meera through a one-day love story shaped by memory loss. The film's striking Japan backdrop cannot compensate for thin writing and a romance that never convinces.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 review: Nearly two decades later, Miranda Priestly returns as Runway fights for relevance in a digital-first media world. The sequel uses that struggle to examine how fashion, journalism and influence now bend before metrics.
Kara movie review: Director Vignesh Raja's Kara, starring Dhanush, Mamitha Baiju and Suraj Venjaramoodu, is a film about a robber caught in a life-altering situation that pulls him back into crime. It has some solid sequences, but doesn't quite come together as a whole.
KD The Devil movie review: This Dhruva Sarja-Sanjay Dutt-starrer period action drama is entertaining in bits but is mostly loud, messy and violent.
Ginny Wedss Sunny 2 movie review: Ginny Weds Sunny 2 attempts to explore arranged marriage and societal expectations but falters with a scattered narrative and clichéd storytelling, says our review.
