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28 articles on Movie Review — including 12 reviews.

Two stills side by side: a silver-bearded Vishal as the aged don Linga seated on a red chair inside a shipping container stacked with old monitors, and a triptych of Vishal's three looks in Magudam

Magudam review: three Vishals, one tired script

Vishal's directorial debut casts him in three roles across a shipping-empire revenge saga Tamil cinema shelved decades ago. The climax works; little else does.

15 August 2026 ★★ ★★★

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Two stills side by side: Suriya and Mamitha Baiju dancing back to back over a carpet of red petals, and Suriya carrying an infant in a sling through an office atrium

Vishwanath & Sons review: warmth, sanded smooth

Suriya and Mamitha Baiju spark in a breezy first half before Venky Atluri sands every edge off his characters. Likeable, but it plays too safe. 3.25/5.

15 August 2026 ★★★ ★★

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Lokesh Kanagaraj as Devadas sits with a pistol in hand while Wamiqa Gabbi's Chandra leans on his shoulder against a plain studio backdrop

DC review: A brutal bargain worth taking

Lokesh Kanagaraj debuts convincingly and Anirudh goes into overdrive in Arun Matheswaran's blood-soaked entertainer. A 3.75/5 theatre watch.

8 August 2026 ★★★ ★★ ★

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Vijay perched on a jeep bonnet aiming a pistol, in sunglasses and an olive shirt, in a still from Jana Nayagan

Jana Nayagan review: the goodbye outgrows the movie

Vijay's final film is half a sturdy family drama, half a robot-filled campaign rally. What survives the three-hour goodbye, and what doesn't. 2.5/5.

23 July 2026 ★★ ★★ ★★

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Satya Dev as Ramappa Rao Bahadur on a carved wooden throne in a red brocade kurta, teal cape and jewelled turban, one ringed hand pressed to his chest

Rao Bahadur review: a gloriously strange triumph

A dying aristocrat stays alive on pure suspicion. Venkatesh Maha's wildly original psychological drama, with Satya Dev at a career peak. 4.25/5.

11 July 2026 ★★★★ ★

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Idhaya and Sam stand close together under fluttering pastel drapes in a warm rooftop scene from Idhayam Murali

Idhayam Murali review: a breezy, self-aware charmer

Atharvaa plays a man who can never say I love you, across three decades of near-misses. Aakash Baskaran's nostalgia comedy wins on charm more than depth. 3.5/5.

11 July 2026 ★★★ ★★ ★

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Rajeevan, bruised and weary in a brown shirt, sits alone on a bench in a government building corridor

I, Nobody review: a taut everyman thriller that overreaches

A quiet clerk gets swallowed by a bank heist he didn't commit. Nissam Basheer's thriller grips hard before its busy second half loosens the knot. 3.3/5.

11 July 2026 ★★★ ★★

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Vishnuu Vishal and Aishwarya Lekshmi in sunglasses, mid dance step in their living room in Gatta Kusthi 2

Gatta Kusthi 2 review: The house husband holds his own

Vishnuu Vishal's house husband act powers a sequel that is funniest at home and shakiest in court. Aishwarya Lekshmi deserved a fairer fight. 3.5/5.

4 July 2026 ★★★ ★★ ★

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A villager in a striped shirt sings open-mouthed while holding a stone in a mine pit in Sing Geetham

Sing Geetham review: the village that can only sing

At 94, Singeetham Srinivasa Rao turns a mining village into a film where everyone sings. DSP soars, the first half drags, the second lands. 3/5.

28 June 2026 ★★★ ★★

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The Mammatiyaan Stars team in green and yellow village jerseys, one player charging forward with a bat through a dust storm.

Mammatiyaan Stars review: a fan's road trip with heart

Savir Sudhakar's six-episode ZEE5 series sends a village's cricket diehards to Chennai for one last match. The journey beats the destination. 3/5.

28 June 2026 ★★★ ★★

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Arya as Vetrivel Kumaran holding a rifle, fronting an ensemble of weathered characters against a burning period cityscape in Ananthan Kaadu

Ananthan Kaadu review: great frames, familiar fight

Jiyen Krishnakumar and Murali Gopy reunite for a 1990s Trivandrum gangster saga with striking early set pieces, but the revenge plot runs out of road. 3.25/5.

27 June 2026 ★★★ ★★

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A weary woman in a faded blue shirt and green skirt stands in a half-built concrete building, holding a cloth bundle.

Balan - The Boy review: Chidambaram's haunting swerve

Chidambaram follows Manjummel Boys with a stranger, lonelier film: a mother and son outrunning their past by becoming new people. Farzana Palathingal is superb.

20 June 2026 ★★★ ★★ ★