Alpha (2026): A Tattoo That lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
The opening scene of *Alpha* (2026) does not waste a second. Alia Bhatt’s protagonist walks home from a party, rolls up her…
Photographer (2026): Ashraf A’s Forest Thriller Is a Promise Waiting to Develop
The trailer’s most telling moment isn’t a jump scare, it’s Veera standing at the edge of Mathikettan Solai, told that twelve people…
Ikka (2026): Sunny Deol Anchors stands out while the narrative loses grip
The courtroom goes silent as Sunny Deol’s Arjun Mehra, the man who never loses a case, locks eyes with Akshaye Khanna’s Shauryaman…
Haiwaan (2026): Priyadarshan’s Craft Holds While His Thriller Slips
Sound arrives before sight in Haiwaan, and Priyadarshan leans into that idea with real craft. A blind caretaker maps a room by…
Accused (2026): Konkona Carries a Film Too Cautious to Fully Commit
A surgeon stands over an open incision and calls her colleague’s work a bloody disaster, cool, clinical, almost bored in her contempt.…
Sweet Rogue Killer (2026): Karthick Ravichandran s lands hard though the screenplay stays patchy
A lone figure stands amidst the rubble of what was once the Forelli empire, his silhouette cutting against the smoke of a…
Khalifa Part 1 (2026): Prithviraj’s Antihero Gambit Needs More Than Legacy
We have no verified scene-level analysis of Prithviraj’s performance, which is telling. The pre-release chatter frames Aamir Ali as a criminal lead,…
Tadviruddha (2026): A Dense Kannada Mystery That Values Evidence Over Excitement
Vikram Ramaiah’s retired officer Anthony sits with a fading crime photograph, the kind of grainy 1990s evidence that demands patience. There is…
Udumbanchola Vision (2026): Mathew Thomas and the Newsroom That Eats Its Own
The first image that lands is a dead channel: a local newsroom with its lights half-off, monitors showing nothing but static and…
Monkey In A Cage (2026): Kashyap Pins Celebrity Crisis on Bobby Deol’s Controlled Descent
A fading television star blocks his ex-girlfriend’s attempts to reconnect, but her escalating response, a rape accusation, traps him in a corrupt…
Bhai Tera Star Hai (2026): A Familiar Bollywood Fantasy for Raghav Juyal’s Fans
Raghav Juyal stands in a London casting room, claiming he has landed a role in a star-franchise parody called “Kisi Ka Bhai,…
Babita Singh Reporting (2026): Nimisha Sajayan turns lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
The boating sequence arrives early, and it tells you everything about Babita Singh’s world before the murder even surfaces. A sister-in-law’s body-shaming…
Unmadham (2026): Kunchacko Boban Anchors A Mystery That Loses Its Grip
Kunchacko Boban walks through the first half of Unmadham with a quiet intensity that suggests something dangerous is coiled beneath the surface.…
Alpha (2025): Julia Ducournau’s Body Horror Bleeds Stigma, Lacks Closure
The school pool turns a violent red as Alpha’s blood spreads through the water, her classmates scrambling away like she’s the disease…
Picture (2026): Deepu s Village lifts key stretches, not the full runtime
The opening frames of Sandeep Bedra’s *Picture* show Deepu (Nithyaprakash Bantwal) packing a modest bag, leaving his village for the city’s promise…
Arjunan Per Paththu (2026): Yogi Babu’s Earnest Shift Anchors A Familiar Crime Drama
The theft happens fast, but the wound stays open. Arjunan, a working man played by Yogi Babu in a strikingly serious register,…
Last Man in Tower (2026): Bajpayee Holds the Line, Dutta Steals the Room
Masterji sits with a child’s arithmetic book, correcting sums while, somewhere in the same building, neighbours weigh a builder’s offer against decades…