Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026): Family Trauma as Horror’s Most Effective Weapon
A daughter vanishes into the desert. Eight years later, she returns, but something in her hollow eyes refuses to come home. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy…
Author: Shaurya Iyer
Shaurya Iyer is a film critic with a background in Literature and a passion for visual storytelling. With 6+ years of reviewing experience, he’s known for decoding complex plots and highlighting hidden cinematic gems. Off-duty, you’ll find him sipping filter coffee and rewatching classics.
Nee Forever (2026): Gen-Z Romance Drowns in Trendy Lingo and Empty Premise
Ajay logs into a dating app seeking research material for his startup. Mathi swipes back, hunting for screenplay authenticity. What begins as mutual deception, two…
Peter (2026): Kannada Drama Drowns in Ambitious Structure, Not Audience Interest
An auto driver’s casual recognition triggers a avalanche of unresolved violence and emotional wreckage in Sukesh Shetty’s Peter, where a man returns to his misty…
Raakaasa (2026): Sangeeth Shobhan’s Charm Can’t Rescue Uneven Fantasy Comedy
Eera Babu, cheerful NRI, failed romantic, accidental fort-dweller, wakes up after a whiskey-soaked evening beside a deserted, supposedly cursed fort. His evening began with desperation:…
Bhishmar (2026): Dhyan Sreenivasan Anchors a Quiet Night That Whispers Instead of Roars
A vegetable vendor in Palakkad receives an unexpected plea from a stranger to help rescue his girlfriend, and what unfolds across a single night is…
G.O.A.T (2026): Caleb McLaughlin’s Underdog Goat Scores Against Skepticism
A young anthropomorphic goat walks into a professional roarball arena where every other player towers over him, literally and figuratively. Ten years of idolizing star…
Maragatha Malai (2026): S. Lathha’s Horror-Comedy Gamble on Limited Information
A widowed protagonist confronts spectral presences in a decaying estate, unaware that the mansion’s secrets operate on entirely different rules than genre convention dictates. Santhosh…
Neelira (2026): Someetharan’s Austere Hostage Chamber Trades Politics for Suffocation
A young man and boy slip through a 1988 Sri Lankan street where IPKF soldiers parade religious procession members. By nightfall, those same soldiers, needing…
Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil (2026): Kunchacko Boban’s Commitment Can’t Anchor Uneven Thriller
Sethu performs as a dead man inside his home, a quirky masquerade born from his paralyzed brother’s refusal to grieve. When a wounded stranger arrives…
Vaazha II (2026): Savin SA Chases Laughs Over Lingering Emotion
Four friends spiral through adulthood marked as liabilities, parents disappointed, schools indifferent, society labeling them failures before they’ve begun. Vaazha II widens the lens on…
Jana Nayagan: H Vinoth’s Thriller Drowns in Its Own Weight
A clash of ideologies, a child’s silent fear reigniting a decade-old conflict, on paper, H Vinoth’s Jana Nayagan sounds like the kind of political revenge…
Bad Boy Karthik (2026): Naga Shaurya Carries More Than the Title
A young man named Karthik walks into a Telugu action-romance with all the swagger the title promises, and Naga Shaurya wears it with the practiced…
Mr. X (2026): Arya s Nuclear lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
A covert team scrambles to recover a nuclear device lost in a botched 1960s mission, now back in hostile hands, ticking toward catastrophe. Director Manu…
Pallichattambi (2026): Dijo Jose Antony Crafts a Period Thriller Around Tovino Thomas
A scheming small-town man navigating British-era power structures, where every risky plan collapses back onto its architect, is the kind of premise that lives or…
Itllu Arjuna (2026): Debut Director Bets on a Mute Hero’s Silence
A hero who cannot speak, not as metaphor, but as literal condition, walks into an action-romance, and the entire weight of the film rests on…
Manithan Deivamagalam (2026): Dennis Manjunath Bets Big on an Unknown Lead
A Tamil crime drama built almost entirely on an unfamiliar face is either a director’s act of conviction or a quiet warning sign. Dennis Manjunath’s…
Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam (2026): Saiju Kurup’s Comedy Sequel Bets on Familiar Faces
Sequels to surprise comedy hits carry a peculiar burden, the first film’s charm was accidental, unrepeatable, and deeply personal to its original audience. Mohiniyattam, the…
TN 2026 (2026): Natty’s Political Gamble Courts Controversy Before Release
A movie star named “Golden Star” Kulkanth Kumar decides he wants to govern, and the Pollachi soil beneath his ambition is already soaked in five…
Love Insurance Kompany (2026): Pradeep Ranganathan Carries stands out while the narrative loses grip
A man named Vibe Vasu tells a matchmaking algorithm, in the year 2040, that a human heart can do what no app ever could, and…
Dacoit (2026): Shaneil Deo’s Telugu Romance Lacks Enough Raw Fuel
A Telugu romantic action drama carries a specific contract with its audience, kinetic love, visceral conflict, and enough screen heat to make both feel earned.…
Carmeni Selvam (2026): Samuthirakani Bets on a Quiet, Risky Honesty
A principled car driver named Selvam watches the gap between his conscience and his rent widen with every passing day, that precise, uncomfortable tension is…
Kaalidas 2 (2026): Bharath Carries a Whodunnit on Raw Screen Presence
A woman’s distress call inside a cinema hall. A body. And an inspector who must untangle grief, guilt, and buried secrets before the truth collapses…
Repu Udayam 10 Gantalaku (2026): Chandu Muddu’s Drama Risks Everything on an Untested Cast
A Telugu drama titled around a specific hour, tomorrow’s dawn at 10 o’clock, announces its urgency before a single frame rolls. That countdown structure is…
Aadu 3 (2026): Midhun’s Craft Buckles Under Its Own Ambition
A fortified gate in 1790. Maharaja Padmanabhan Thampuran and Azam Khan in a charged confrontation. Then, the same crumbling location in 2025, where Paapan and…
Prathichaya (2026): Nivin Pauly Carries stands out while the narrative loses grip
A Kerala Chief Minister’s liquor policy triggers left-wing protests on the streets while his IT entrepreneur son quietly seals a data deal with a Russian…
Suyodhana (2026): Priyadarshi Takes A Risk In Uncharted Telugu Drama
A comedian-turned-lead carrying an entire Telugu drama on his back is not a soft bet, it is a provocation, a dare thrown at the audience…
Happy Raj (2026): G.V. Prakash Carries A Film That Doubts Itself
A young man inherits not just his father’s name but his father’s reputation, the village’s standing joke, marked by looks and legacy before he even…