Santhosh's Cinema Journal

2026· Directed by Padmakumar M TMDB 5.3

2026· Directed by Janus Metz TMDB 7.0

2026· Directed by Raja Karuppasamy TMDB 7.0

Why one should get married? What is the minimum need to keep one's sanity? What is love? What are relations?

2024· Directed by Jimmy Carr, Brian Klein TMDB 6.4

2026· Directed by Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell TMDB 7.2

Fear mongering? Over hyping? I found this film too opinionated.

1997· Directed by Tom Shadyac TMDB 6.7

2026· Directed by Lisa France TMDB 6.0

2026· Directed by Krishnakumar Ramakumar TMDB 7.0

2022· Directed by Thomas M. Wright TMDB 6.2

2007· Directed by Nacho Vigalondo TMDB 7.0

2017· Directed by David Leitch TMDB 6.4

2026· Directed by Venky Atluri TMDB 7.3

2011· Directed by Mikael Håfström TMDB 6.1

2026· Directed by Riyas Marath TMDB 5.3

It was good seeing Bhavana after a long time. The movie was a bit lag in the middle.

2025· Directed by Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss TMDB 7.0

2026· Directed by Unknown TMDB 6.5

2021· Directed by Ben Wheatley TMDB 5.6

In a word - Abomination

1970· Directed by K. Balachander TMDB 9.0

2019· Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett TMDB 7.1

2026· Directed by RAJESH KARNA TMDB 3.0

2026· Directed by James Ashcroft TMDB 6.7

2026· Directed by Ambiecka Pandit TMDB 5.0

2026· Directed by Nontawat Numbenchapol TMDB 5.1

2013· Directed by James Ward Byrkit TMDB 7.2

2001· Directed by Richard Kelly TMDB 7.8

2026· Directed by Abhilash R Nair TMDB 2.0

This cinematic contrivance, one might venture, constitutes the preeminent cinematic experience to assiduously eschew; a celluloid charade wherein the auteurs, with the insouciant effrontery of aesthetes who regard their audience with the same condescension one reserves for particularly obtuse correspondence, proceed to pilfer not merely our attention but our very credulity, conducting us upon a meretricious mystery tour of narrative negligence that would render even Scheherazade, had she possessed the interminable patience of a bureaucrat auditing tax returns, somewhat less than enthralled. To describe this opus as merely "awfully immature" would be akin to characterizing the Great Fire of London as a mildly inconvenient disturbance - a floccinaucinihilipilification so egregious in its understatement that one suspects the very concept of artistic maturation, that most perspicuous of virtues, has been consigned to the same cinematic dustbin of discerardable detritus, leaving us not merely disappointed, but positively, and most regrettably "unmoved".

2026· Directed by Sri Senthil TMDB 6.0

This cinematic venture, which I encountered serendipitously via the ubiquitous Instagram reel, now inspires a profound sense of regret. One perceives within its narrative the specter of a potentially charming story, a well-crafted screenplay, even a plot twist of considerable merit. Yet, the final product manifested as nothing less than a veritable gallery of missed opportunities; a litany of what might have been, rendered with a tragicomic banality.

1983· Directed by K. G. George TMDB 6.1

2023· Directed by Takashi Yamazaki TMDB 7.6

2022· Directed by Oriol Paulo TMDB 7.3

2026· Directed by Devi Prasad Shetty TMDB 6.0

I am genuinely astounded why, in the annals of filmic historiography, is this modest misadventure being hailed as a paragon of excellence? when, at its most charitable, it remains a mediocre mirthless mishmash, its narrative plagued by a plethora of plodding pauses that render it a veritable treadmill for the eyes.

2022· Directed by Lee Sang-yong TMDB 7.3

2011· Directed by Michel Gondry TMDB 5.6

1987· Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan TMDB 8.1

2024· Directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan TMDB 5.9

There are some movie situations, when it comes, as a viewer we know... Dude you are going to get into a huge mess! Nevertheless, those characters end up in one. Bone Lake is such a movie. The turning point in the movie was well placed and handled. Climax was a little bit meh!

2008· Directed by John Glenn TMDB 6.0

If it was not laggy AF, it would have been a nice movie. 2.5* just for the synopsis. Movie is meh!

2022· Directed by Ruben Fleischer TMDB 6.9

Directory thought to create an Indiana Jones style movie. But meh!

2017· Directed by Jon Watts TMDB 7.3

2026· Directed by Harish Durairaj TMDB 5.3

Directors and screenwriters should consider the audience as people with at least a little bit of brain.

2016· Directed by Alexandre Lehmann TMDB 7.0

Feel good movie. One of the finest movies I saw this year.

2024· Directed by Mike Flanagan TMDB 7.3

Mindblowing. I contain multitudes!

1990· Directed by Joshiy TMDB 6.2

2009· Directed by Harald Zwart TMDB 5.7

2026· Directed by Unknown TMDB 6.5

2014· Directed by Theodore Melfi TMDB 7.1

In the list of Man named Otto, Gran Torino; one more heart warming movie.

2006· Directed by Shawn Levy TMDB 5.9

2026· Directed by H. Vinoth TMDB 5.4

What the **** was that?!

2026· Directed by Alexandra Lacey TMDB 6.4

2026· Directed by Travis Knight TMDB 7.2

Masters of the Universe was not just a cartoon. It was the whole memory of a generation. 80s kids like me even at 40s, hum the title music of the cartoon when doing random chores had a huge expectation on this movie. The screenplay and acting in this movie was "Cringe Ultra Pro Max". One finds oneself compelled to interrogate - with genuine bewilderment - the director's apparent conception of his audience! There were at least a dozen places in the movie where background music could have saved the movie... and I felt like the BG score was done using some free tier AI tool! Some of the VFX looked like it was created using powerpoint! And the continuity was abysmal. Despicable does not begin to capture it. It was, in its totality, an unmitigated desecration. PS: Is there a way to give a negative rating?!

2026· Directed by Chiara Messineo TMDB 7.2