Reels and Reads

Greenland 2: Migration (2026) — ⭐⭐ (2/5) Dir. Ric Roman Waugh | Starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis | 98 min | PG-13 The Garrity family is back — five years older, still stuck in a Greenland bunker, and somehow even less interesting than before. When the bunker collapses, they and a small band of survivors set off across post-apocalyptic Europe toward a crater in southern France that might have breathable air. That's the movie. That's all of it. The verdict: meh. Not actively bad, just aggressively forgettable. The first film worked because it was lean and had genuine stakes — a comet, a ticking clock, a kid you actually worried about. This one stretches a thin premise across 98 minutes with nothing to show for it. Gerard Butler is doing his usual thing. He's fine. He's always fine. By now he's like a comfortable old sweatshirt — no surprises, no matter how hard he tries. Morena Baccarin and Roman Griffin Davis (now awkwardly pla...

Kara (Tamil: கர) · Released April 30, 2026 · Directed by Vignesh Raja · Starring Dhanush Runtime: 2h 41min · Language: Tamil · Streaming: Netflix The setup: Karasaami "Kara" (Dhanush) is a reformed thief in 1991 Ramanathapuram, trying to go straight. His father Kandhasaami (K.S. Ravikumar) has been trapped under exploitative EMI loans for a tractor — land seized, dignity gone. When his father dies and the bank refuses to let the family bury him on ancestral land, Kara does what he knows how to do: he puts on a mask and robs bank branches across Tamil Nadu, returning land documents to villagers. The verdict: It is an okay one-time watch. Nothing more. Dhanush plays Kara with the kind of quiet restraint we've seen him do well — there is weight in his silences, and he sells the moral bind. K.S. Ravikumar as the father is genuinely moving; some of his scenes are the emotional core this film desperately needed more of. Mamitha Baiju as Selli is a genuine surpri...

Good fun. One-time watch. Decent comedy that keeps you entertained without asking for too much. If you are in the mood for a light Telugu entertainer, this one does the job. Nothing groundbreaking but solid enough to make the 2 hours worth it.

Gaayapadda Simham (Telugu, 2026) · Director: Kasyap Sreenivas · Starring Tharun Bhascker, J.D. Chakravarthy, Faria Abdullah, Maanasa Choudhary · Runtime: 2h 20m · A Sapta Aswa Media Works / Zee Studios production Here is my honest review: good fun, one-time watch, decent comedy . Don't go in expecting Pelli Choopulu — go in expecting to laugh at an absurd premise executed with enough wit to keep you entertained. The Premise Dharahas (Tharun Bhascker) is a regular middle-class Hyderabad guy in love. His girlfriend's father has one non-negotiable condition: the groom must be settled in America. So Dharahas does what any reasonable person does — hires a consultancy, boards a flight, and gets deported the same day Trump announces a mass deportation drive. From there, his response is to seek revenge on the US President. Yes. That is the plot. What Works The core idea is genuinely fresh for Telugu cinema — a deportation comedy with political satire. The film wears its inf...

Kartavya   “Kartavya” (transl. Duty), directed by Pulkit and produced by Gauri Khan under Red Chillies Entertainment, released on Netflix on May 15, 2026. Running at 108 minutes, it stars Saif Ali Khan as Station House Officer Pawan Malik — a cop providing security for a journalist investigating a powerful godman. When the journalist is shot and Pawan’s brother goes missing under circumstances involving caste politics, Pawan is caught between his professional duty and his family’s honour. Plot: On his 40th birthday, Pawan Malik is assigned to protect a journalist investigating the influential godman Anand Shri (Saurabh Dwivedi). The journalist is shot dead. His colleague Ashok (Sanjay Mishra) is injured. Pawan faces suspension before he can even begin investigating. Then his own brother goes missing — believed to have eloped with a girl from a lower caste, a notion that enrages their father Harihar (Zakir Hussain), who operates on an atavist...

Watched this at home over the weekend and it completely held the room. Sequels usually show up with a bigger budget and half the script, but this one flipped that. The comedy lands harder this time. Part one had its moments, but the humor here feels sharper, more confident. A few scenes had me laughing out loud in a way the first one never quite managed — the kind where you're glad you're on your couch and not disturbing strangers. The thriller pacing helps too — it doesn't let the comedy sit still long enough to get comfortable. One minute you're grinning, the next you're locked in. Performances are the real anchor. Everyone showed up. Whoever did the casting understood that comedy thrillers live or die on timing, and these actors get it. The chemistry between the leads is loose and natural — you believe these people actually know each other, which is rarer than it should be. Is it better than part one? I'd say yes, but not in a way that makes the first o...