Bhooth Bangla
Horror, Comedy (Hindi)
A man inherits a palace in rural Mangalpur and plans his sister's wedding there, but strange supernatural events and panicked locals force him to investigate the property's mysterious past. (more…)
Ginny Wedss Sunny 2
Romance, Comedy, Drama (Hindi)
A mismatched pair, with a storyline involving a wrestler and a vibrant girl, combining romance, comedy, and drama. (more…)
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Apex
Thriller, Action (English)
A grieving woman pushing her limits on a solo adventure in the Australian wild is ensnared in a twisted game with a cunning killer who thinks she's prey.
Cast:
Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, Eric Bana, Caitlin Stasey, Bessie Holland, Zachary Garred, Matt Whelan, Rob Carlton, Aaron Pedersen, Duncan Fellows
Director:
Baltasar Kormákur
Writer:
Jeremy Robbins
Mon, April 27 2026
Michael
Music, Drama (English)
Discover the story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world, highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career.
Cast:
Jaafar Jackson, Colman Domingo, Nia Long, Juliano Krue Valdi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Miles Teller, Kendrick Sampson, Joseph David-Jones, Jamal Henderson, Rhyan Hill
Director:
Antoine Fuqua
Writer:
John Logan
Mon, April 27 2026
Mon, April 27 2026
As someone who has been watching Bollywood biopics for the last decade, there should be little in Antoine Fuqua’s Michael that should upset me. When the protagonist is not showing off his god-given talent on screen, all that the secondary characters talk about is how special he is. It is a film that mistakes superficial tics like voice, make-up and costume as authenticity. Also, a film that confuses grit for honesty. It’s eerie how much of Fuqua’s biopic on the ‘King of Pop’ seems to internalise and then channel Rajkumar Hirani’s Sanju (2018). Hirani’s biopic on Sanjay Dutt is among the gold standards of Bollywood biopics; the hardest anyone’s worked to vindicate its powerful protagonist. Michael might be Hollywood’s answer to Sanju.
Sat, April 25 2026
To understand the hysteria that once surrounded the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, one must be from that era. The pop legend’s biopic Michael comes nearly two decades after his passing. The man who had, in the later years, withdrawn himself from the public owing to a spate of controversies, was a conflicting personality. One that would amuse, shock and entertain in equal measure. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the biopic, which marks the acting debut of the late singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in the titular role, presents a very sanitised version of Michael Jackson and his rise to stardom. The film is backed by the late singer’s family and close aides, and perhaps that’s the reason that the film is so one-dimensional in its approach.
Stranger Things: Tales From '85
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Action & Adventure (English)
Winter. Hawkins. 1985. Welcome back to a town crawling with secrets, where beloved heroes are facing fresh mysteries... and an all-new breed of strange.
Cast:
Brooklyn Davey Norstedt, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Luca Diaz, Elisha Williams, Braxton Quinney, Benjamin Plessala, Odessa A'zion
Mon, April 27 2026
On December 31, 2025, the Duffer Brothers brought their long-running series, Stranger Things, about the supernatural events in the town of Hawkins, Indiana, to an end. Vecna has been vanished and the Upside Down has been dealt with. However, a new animated series, Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85, winds the clock to take viewers between Seasons 2 and 3 for a new battle with some familiar but different monsters from the Upside Down. The stakes of the show are decidedly lower, as dedicated fans know what’s going to happen. But the series might just rope in younger audiences who have yet to discover the live-action series and might be motivated to check in after this.
Ginny Wedss Sunny 2
Romance, Comedy, Drama (Hindi)
A mismatched pair, with a storyline involving a wrestler and a vibrant girl, combining romance, comedy, and drama.
Cast:
Avinash Tiwary, Medha Shankr, Govind Namdeo, Lillete Dubey, Vishwanath Chatterjee, Sudhir Pandey, Nayani Dixit, Gopi Bhalla, Rohit Chaudhary
Director:
Prashant Jha
Writer:
Prashant Jha
Mon, April 27 2026
Bollywood’s arranged-marriage factory fires up again with a rom-com that feels cliched and worn out. The spiritual sequel to the 2020 original, once again trots out the familiar template: a gruff, Rishikesh-based wrestler (Avinash Tiwary) and an effervescent Delhi girl (Medha Shankr) thrown into an arranged match built on mutual lies and family fabrications.
Sat, April 25 2026
हिंदुस्तानी समाज में शादी जितनी जरूरी मानी जाती है, इस रिश्ते में मन का मीत मिलना उतना ही जटिल भी होता है। शादी के इसी उतार-चढ़ाव भरे रिश्ते को हल्के-फुल्के ढंग से दिखाने की कोशिश है फिल्म ‘गिन्नी वेड्स सनी 2’, जो साल 2020 में फिल्म का स्पिरिचुअल सीक्वल है। तब फिल्म में विक्रांत मैसी और यामी गौतम थे। इस बार अविनाश तिवारी और ‘12वीं फेल’ फेम मेधा शंकर हैं। यह भी कम दिलचस्प नहीं है कि 6 साल पहले आई पहली फिल्म ने कोई खास वाहवाही नहीं बटोरी थी, लेकिन बावजूद इसके मेकर्स ने इसका सीक्वल सिनेमाघरों में लाने की हिम्मत दिखाई है।
Sat, April 25 2026
She is nursing a heartbreak and a broken engagement. He is trying to cope with repercussions of a fake viral video. She is educated and hails from New Delhi. He was once a wrestler who had a tryst with infamy. Clearly, it’s a mismatch from the word go… and not even a classic case of opposites attract. A rather open-minded Ginny (Medha Shankr) and Sunny (Avinash Tiwary) with a small-town mindset meet in the world of arranged matches, where a lie here and there, pretending to be what you are not, is the norm.
Madhuvidhu
Family, Comedy, Drama (Malayalam)
When Amrutharaj, a groom from an all-male household repeatedly rejected by brides' families, falls in love with Sneha Marcose, their journey toward marriage ignites a chain of hilarious chaos inside his unruly home.
Cast:
Sharafudheen, Kalyani Panicker, Vijitha Vijayakumar, Sreejaya Nair, Vineeth Thattil David, Azees Nedumangad, Jagadish, Saikumar, Bindu Panicker, Sanju Madhu
Director:
Vishnu Aravind
Writer:
Bibin Mohan, Jay Vishnu
Sat, April 25 2026
At the centre of director Vishnu Aravind’s Madhuvidhu is a house where three generations of men live in harmony. Unlike the Anjooran household in Godfather (1991), women aren’t banned here; they simply choose not to come. For the protagonist, Amrithraj alias Ammu (Sharafudheen), 28 marriage proposals came through but not a single moved to the next stage. When a not-so-cordial first meeting with Sneha (Kalyani Panicker) inevitably turns into mutual attraction, things appear to change. However, some unexpected hiccups are waiting for them as they belong to different religions. Writers Jai Vishnu and Bipin Mohan don’t seem to have any major ambitions with Madhuvidhu, but they seem rather content to aim for the middle space of a feel-good entertainer. But even with that, they end up hitting further lower.
Criminal Record S02
Crime, Drama (English)
In the heart of London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives—a young woman in the early stages of her career and a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy—into a fight to correct an old miscarriage of justice.
Cast:
Peter Capaldi, Cush Jumbo, Zoë Wanamaker, Cathy Tyson, Stephen Campbell Moore
Sat, April 25 2026
In the first season of Criminal Record, a senior police officer and a younger female cop clashed while dealing with an anonymous tip on an old murder case. Opening up the case exposed internal corruption that caused a big rift between the two, but the two are reunited in the new season that asks some difficult questions of the duo. Created by Paul Rutman, the Apple TV was a slow-burn thriller in the first season. It raises both the stakes and the pace for the second instalment which pushes its boundaries quite far.
Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam
Comedy, Thriller (Malayalam)
The family's journey to Sreekandapuram to settle the late Bharathan Nair's second wife and son takes a dark turn when an issue from his past resurfaces, leading to an unexpected crime. Forced into a desperate cover-up to protect their future, the family must navigate a treacherous path of secrecy and mounting pressure, determined to overcome any obstacle by any means necessary.
Cast:
Saiju Kurup, Kalaranjini, Swathi Das Prabhu, Sruthy Suresh, Baby Jean, Jinil Rex, Jivin Rex, Vinay Forrt, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Jagadish
Director:
Krishnadas Murali
Writer:
Krishnadas Murali, Vishnu R Pradeep
Sat, April 25 2026
When Krishnadas Murali’s feature debut Bharathanatyam came out in 2024, my immediate question was straightforward: how does this family sustain even a modest lifestyle? I couldn’t tell what anyone in this crowded house did for a living, especially since times were so uncertain. But as the movie went on, that worry went away and was replaced by a growing interest in how normal and strange people live together in a typical Malayali home. With Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam, the filmmaker dives deep into that chaos to revel hard in its absurdities. The result? A sequel that is richer, zanier, and mightily confident in its skin.
Sat, April 11 2026
A dead body in the house can be one of the most horrific situations or a source of mirth, depending on the tone and treatment that a movie adopts. Mohiniyattam, which gently spoofs Drishyam, turns the situation into a hilarious affair, with periodic reminders of the dead man’s deceitful nature, supposedly to make us laugh without any sense of guilt. Sequels often end up as pale imitations of the original. But in conceiving a sequel to the mildly funny Bharathanatyam (which incidentally was a spoof of Balettan), Krishnadas Murali reimagines the original’s basic theme, injecting it with loads of dark humour and turning it into a markedly better film, like Vaazha 2 last week.
Beef S02
Comedy, Drama (English)
A road rage incident between two strangers — a failing contractor and an unfulfilled entrepreneur — sparks a feud that brings out their darkest impulses.
Cast:
Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny, Charles Melton, Youn Yuh-jung, Seoyeon Jang, William Fichtner, BM, Mikaela Hoover, Song Kang-ho
Fri, April 24 2026
The first season of Beef was a television drama masterclass. Through the medium of a relatable road rage run-in between two strangers, creator Lee Sung Jin fashioned a dark comedy-drama that, escalating with delicious adamance over 10 immensely watchable episodes, focused on an all-consuming feud that took over the warring protagonist duo’s relationships and careers, even as their unsparing vendetta commented on the fallout of class chasm, suppressed rage and, ultimately, grief and loneliness. As adversaries not willing to let go an inch, Ali Wong and Steven Yeun brought in vindictive anger but also profound emotional healing, with the series brimming with rare originality and startling depth of character.
Jerax
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Kannada)
In the town of Rayadurga, a quiet xerox shop worker named Prakasha accidentally discovers his machine can create living human clones. This supernatural power quickly spirals into chaos as the duplicates reveal hidden truths about the townspeople, triggering a social and political crisis. Prakasha must now face the unpredictable consequences of the world he has unleashed.
Cast:
Nagabhushana N S, Payal Chengappa, Manju Pavagada
Director:
Srinidhi Bengaluru
Fri, April 24 2026
A small-time xerox shop owner, Prakasha, makes a shocking discovery: his machine can create living, breathing human duplicates. What begins as a simple trick quickly turns dangerous as these clones multiply and cause chaos. As the copies threaten his life and expose dark secrets, Prakasha must find a way to stop the madness before his reality is completely taken over by his own creations. There is a likeability that Nagabhushana brings to the role of the common man, Prakasha, internalising his little concerns, dilemmas, and conflicts. Payal Chengappa, as Sooji, gets a juicy part as a girl lost between two men, though the resolution to her conflict feels too simple and cinematic. Manju Pavagada is aptly cast as a cop, while Yashwanth Shetty displays his flair for comedy in a brief role. Thukali Santhu passes muster.
Thrash
Horror, Thriller (English)
When a Category 5 hurricane decimates a coastal town, the storm surge brings devastation, chaos, and something far more frightening onto shore: hungry sharks.
Cast:
Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak, Djimon Hounsou, Alyla Browne, Stacy Clausen, Dante Ubaldi, Matt Nable, Andrew Lees, Sami Afuni, Tyler Coppin
Director:
Tommy Wirkola
Wed, April 22 2026
Part double disaster film, part shark-attack flick, Thrash is a low-stakes thriller whose absurdities prove to be mildly entertaining, but do not a good film make. Perhaps a commendable (or not) thing about Thrash is that it doesn’t aspire to be one, content to keep its place among the category of low-brow films that are mostly made to fit into algorithmic programming strategy. There is no promise of high art here, but there is also no pretence.
Bhooth Bangla
Horror, Comedy (Hindi)
A man inherits a palace in rural Mangalpur and plans his sister's wedding there, but strange supernatural events and panicked locals force him to investigate the property's mysterious past.
Cast:
Akshay Kumar, Wamiqa Gabbi, Paresh Rawal, Tabu, Jisshu Sengupta, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Mithila Palkar, Rajesh Sharma, Manoj Joshi
Director:
Priyadarshan
Writer:
Abhilash Nair
Tue, April 21 2026
The biggest sin a filmmaker can commit is to not make audiences care. Not for the characters, not for the events unfolding. Bhooth Bangla, the Priyadarshan-helmed horror comedy, is fully committed to this cause from the get-go. That it distances itself from the audiences with a genre much loved of late makes it all the more unbelievable. At the core of this misfire is the plotline, which revolves around Vadhasur, a bat-faced monster whose modus operandi is similar to that of Sanjeev Kumar in the cult film Jaani Dushman: abduct and kill new brides in Mangalpur. Vadhasur’s kill count ensures that no wedding takes place there, and the odd one that does goes horribly wrong.
Sun, April 19 2026
There exists, in the grand almanac of cinematic possibilities, a rare and delectable alchemy—the seamless fusion of horror and comedy—that, when handled with finesse, leaves audiences deliciously unsettled and helplessly amused in equal measure. Hindi cinema has, on occasion, achieved this precarious balance with admirable flair, as seen in Stree and Bhool Bhulaiyaa, both of which continue to loom large as exemplars of the genre. Which is precisely why one approaches Bhooth Bangla—helmed by the once reliably inventive Priyadarshan—with a certain anticipatory glee. Alas, what unfolds is less a haunted house and more a haunted opportunity.
Sat, April 18 2026
At one point around its midpoint, Bhooth Bangla drops a romantic song without any context. People walk out as if their bladders would burst if they stayed a minute longer. I could almost feel my eardrums burst from a song so grating, paired with a couple that shares negative screen chemistry. Yet that is not why I felt bad for the half of the crowd that did not return. Ironically, that is exactly where the film becomes a wee bit tolerable. Do not expect much, but the least the Priyadarshan film manages in its second half is to stop being annoying.
Toaster
Comedy (Hindi)
Murder and chaos erupt when a miser becomes obsessed with a toaster he gave as a wedding gift.
Cast:
Rajkummar Rao, Sanya Malhotra, Abhishek Banerjee, Upendra Limaye, Seema Pahwa, Farah Khan, Archana Puran Singh, Jitendra Joshi, Pratik Gandhi, Patralekhaa
Director:
Vivek Daschaudary
Sun, April 19 2026
In the week of her passing, Toaster has a doozy of an Asha Bhosle joke. Distraught Glenn (Abhishek Banerjee) has to address the small gathering at his mother’s funeral. To get their attention, he taps his glass: clink clinkclink, clink clinkclink. This is, of course, the opening of ‘Chura Liya Hai’, sung by Asha in Kati Patang, a rhythm so distinctive Glenn’s not even finished when Ramakant (Rajkumar Rao) tells his wife, Shipla (Sanya Malhotra), “He’s going to sing.” It’s worth noting that Toaster immediately follows its best joke with a flat one, which it underlines. Glenn announces he wants to say ‘two words’ about his late mother. But he can only blubber “Mumma” twice before he breaks down. Cue comic score. “True to his word,” Shilpa says. “He only said two words.” More comedy music.
Fri, April 17 2026
Fri, April 17 2026
It’s a sweet premise. A scrooge named Ramakant (Rajkummar Rao) who’ll go to any lengths to save even six rupees. A wife named Shilpa (Sanya Malhotra) who won’t think twice before buying a decent wedding gift. A housing complex for seniors, the low rent just right for the miser. Neighbour D’souza Aunty (Seema Pahwa) who offers toast and a reduction in rent to eternally scrimping Ramakant. Glenn D’souza (Abhishek Banerjee), somewhat shady. Elderly Pherwani Aunty (Archana Puransingh). Sleazy minister Amol Amre (Jitendra Joshi) who must get his hands on a video clip exposing him as a womaniser. Inspector Balagode (Upendra Limaye), dispatched by the minister to deal with the blackmailer and retrieve the incriminating video. Ramakant on a mission to get back the expensive toaster he’d gifted a couple whose wedding has been called off.