This Week's Picks | 49th Edition

Published on 4 July 2025 at 02:15

On Screens This Week

This week promises an unforgettable lineup of films and series! In cinemas, dive into the raw truths of modern love and the haunting effects of techno-grief.

At home, get swept up in thrilling series filled with mystery and films that blend gender-bending crime with inspiring tales of triumph.

In addition, our documentaries will take you deep into the jungle and uncover chaos in a quiet town.

Dive into this week's recommendations and treat yourself to an extraordinary viewing experience this weekend!

In Cinemas

Drama | Romance | Comedy

Modern romance meets everyday reality. Multiple lives. One metro city.

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: Following parallel stories of bittersweet relationships in a metropolitan setting, exploring various aspects, hues and moods of love.

Writers: Anurag Basu, Samrat Chakraborty & Sandeep Shrivastava

Cast: Neena Gupta, Anupam Kher, Saswata Chatterjee, Konkona Sen Sharma, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sara Ali Khan, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Roy Kapur, Ali Fazal, Pranay Pachauri, Kush Jotwani, Darshana Banik, Varun Tewari, Rohan Gurbaxani

Cine-graphers: Abhishek Basu & Anurag Basu

Music Composer: Pritam Chakraboty

Costume Design: Ashish Dwyer

Producers: Anurag Basu, Tani Basu, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar & Shiv Chanana

Editor: Bodhaditya Banerjee

Director: Anurag Basu

Release Date: 4 July 2025

Screening Territory: Global

Production Location: India

Production Country: India

Language: Hindi (Foreign language Subtitled)

Cert: 12A

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm2R3aJPY2M&t=1s

 

Rating: 4 stars
2 votes

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

What if you could watch the dead? But… who’s watching you?

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: Karsh, 50, is a prominent businessman. Inconsolable since the death of his wife, he invents GraveTech, revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated. Karsh sets out to track down the perpetrators.

Writer & Director: David Cronenberg

Cast: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt, Elizabeth Saunders, Jennifer Dale, Eric Weinthal, Jeff Yung, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Jill Niedoba, Vieslav Krystyan, Victoria Fodor, Matt Willis, Steve Switzman

Cine-grapher: Douglas Koch

Music Composer: Howard Shore

Costume Design: Anne Dixon

Production Designer: Carol Spier

Producers: Said Ben Said, Martin Katz, Anthony Vaccarello & Steve Solomos

Editor: Christopher Donaldson

Release Date: 4 July 2025

Screening Territory: UK, Ireland, Russia

Production Locations: Toronto & Ontario, Canada

Production Countries: Canada & France

Languages: English & Hungarian

Cert: 15

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfZC602sgMo&t=69s

Rating: 4 stars
2 votes

Drama | Action | Family

Home isn’t just a place. It’s the fight to get there.

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: A middle-class family battles financial hurdles and personal setbacks while pursuing their dream of owning a home in the bustling city.

Writers:     Sri Ganesh & Aravindh Sachidanandam

Cast: Yogi Babu, Siddharth, R. Sarathkumar, Devayani, Chaithra J. Achar, Aati Desai,

Cine-graphers: Dinesh Krishnan & Jithin Stanialaus

Music Composer: Amrit Ramnath

Costume Designers: Ashok Kumar S & Kiruthika S

Producers: Ra Sibi Marappan & Arun Vishwa

Editor: Ganesh Siva

Director: Sri Ganesh

Release Date: 4 July 2025

Screening Territory:

Production Country: India

Languages: Tamil & Telugu (Foreign Language Subtitled)

Cert: 12A

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPuMhJXhxxU

Rating: 4 stars
2 votes

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Streaming TV Series

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Worlds collide. Myths awaken. Dream returns.

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: When the Sandman, aka Dream, the cosmic being who controls all dreams, is captured and held prisoner for more than a century, he must journey across different worlds and timelines to fix the chaos his absence has caused.

Writers: Neil Gaiman, Vanessa Benton, Mike Dringenberg, David S. Goyer, Allan Heinberg, Sam Kieth, Lauren Bello, Catherine Smyth-McMullen, Jay Franklin, Gregory Goetz, Shadi Petosky, Jim Campolongo, Austin Guzman, Alexander Newman-Wise, Ameni Rozsa & Heather Bellson

Cast: Tom Sturridge, Vivienne Acheampong, Patton Oswalt, Boyd Holbrook, Vanesu Samunyai, Mason Alexander Park, David Thewlis, Nina Wadia, Souad Faress, Dinita Gohil, Eddie Karanja, Stephen Fry, Andi Osho, etc.

Cine-graphers: Will Baldy, Sam Heasman & George Steel

Music Composer: David Buckley

Costume Designers: Sarah Arthur & Darren Fereday

Production Designer: Jon Gary Steele

Producers: Sam Mucke, Andrew Cholerton, Alexander Newman-Wise, Iain Smith, Erin Vitali, Janneke van de Kerkhof, etc.

Editors: Shoshanah Tanzer, Kelly Stuyvesant, Jamin Bricker, Daniel Gabbe, Matthew Ramsey & Eva Krispijn

Directors: Jamie Childs, Andres Baiz, Louise Hooper, Mairzee Almas, Mike Barker, Coralie Fargeat & Hisko Hulsing

Release Date: 3 July 2025

Streaming On: Netflix

Production Locations: Sussex, Dorset, Surrey, Kent, Oxfordshire & Shepperton Studios - UK

Production Countries: UK & US

Cert: 18

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er18gmgqy2k

Rating: 5 stars
2 votes

Drama | Crime

Lagos glitters. But the truth is darker than you think.

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: In the heart of Lagos, a glamorous charitable foundation hides a sinister truth: it operates a secretive baby trafficking ring. When a young pregnant woman and an investigative journalist uncover its horrors, they risk everything to bring down the powerful figures behind the façade.

Writers: Mo Abudu, Darrel Bristow-Bovey & Heidi Uys

Cast: Onyinye Odokoro, Jenny Stead, Rita Dominic, Kiki Omeili, Langley Kirkwood, Joseph Benjamin, Genoveva Umeh, Folu Storms, Uzoamaka Onuoha, Ivy Antiev, Tope Tedela, Osereme Inegbenebor, Maggie Osuome, Adeola Awodein, Celia Okechukwu

Cine-grapher: Malcolm McLean

Music Composer:

Costume Design: Yolanda Okereke

Production Designer: Jacob Gadibia

Producer: Mo Abudu

Editor: C.A. van Aswegen

Directors: Walter Taylaur & Kayode Kasum

Release Date: 21 March 2025

Streaming On: Netflix

Production Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Production Country: Nigeria

Cert: 15

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kScKga6F1Dc

Rating: 4.5 stars
2 votes

Action | Drama | Crime | Thriller

LAPD meets secret ops. Can they stop the unthinkable?

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: When an officer with the Department of Homeland Security is murdered in broad daylight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum, portrayed by Ackles, is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement, to investigate. But the hunt for the killer soon uncovers a plot far more sinister than anyone could have imagined, kicking off a race against time to save a city of millions.

Writer: Derek Haas

Cast: Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho, Eric Dane, Bogdan Yasinski, Violet Beane, Elliot Knight, Uli Latukefu, Milo Ventimiglia, Rachel Armstrong, Merrick McCartha, Jonathan Togo, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Jonathan von Mering, Matt Kaminsky, Nikolay Moss

Cine-grapher: Vanessa Joy Smith

Music Composer: Tony Morales

Costume Design: Melissa Bruning

Production Designer: Victoria Paul

Producer: Mike Ganzman

Editors: Sushila Love, Kim Powell, Daniel Raj Koobir & Andrew Behrens

Directors: Jonathan Brown, Lisa Robinson, Avi Youabian, Chris Grismer, Rashida Natara Harper, Nina Lopez-Corrado, Tess Malone & Eric Stoltz

Release Date: 25 June 2025

Streaming On: Prime Video

Production Location: Los Angeles, US

Production Country: US

Cert: 16

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t72R6wZ0zQ8&t=2s

Rating: 4.5 stars
2 votes

Streaming Films

Psychological Drama | Sport | Crime | Comedy | Thriller

A jockey falls. Dolores rises. What happens next is pure chaos.

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: Once-renowned jockey Remo Manfredi (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) has run out of track. Perpetually inebriated, hopped up on horse drugs, and in hock to a minor mafioso, Remo seems to have a death wish. His girlfriend and fellow jockey Abril (Úrsula Corberó) is pregnant, but more invested in the libidinous equestrian underworld than in their drab domestic existence. Remo's only hope of getting out of debt and starting a new life is riding on Mishima, a thoroughbred specially imported from Japan for his next big race. When Mishima leaps over the fence, Remo winds up in the hospital with a life-threatening concussion. Hunted by the mob and replaced in Abril's bed by the alluring Ana (Mariana Di Girolamo), Remo dons a disguise and finds himself as herself, wandering the streets of Buenos Aires in a striking mink coat and going by the name Dolores. A wild and surreal crime comedy from Luis Ortega (El Angel), Kill the Jockey explores the fluidity of identity, desire, and animal magnetism in a wholly original and unpredictable register.

Writers: Luis Ortega, Rodolfo Palacios, Fabian Casas

Cast: Valentina Avila, Roberto Carnaghi, Osmar Nunez, Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Daniel Fanego, Alberto Manuel Miyares, Diego Notario, Luis Canduci, Sebastian Torres, Jonathan Kuhn, Daniel Gimenez, Ariel Veron, Ursula Corbero, Luis Ziembrowski

Cine-grapher: Timo Salminen

Music Composer: Sune Rose Wagner

Costume Design: Beatriz Di Benedetto

Production Designer: Julia Freid

Producers: Charlie Cohen, Isaac Lee, Axel Kuschevatzky, Paz Lázaro, Cindy Teperman, Esteban Perroud, Luis Ortega

Editors: Yibran Asuad & Rosario Suarez

Director: Luis Ortega

Release Date: 26 September 2024

Streaming On: Disney+ in Mexico, Argentina & Chile

Production Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Production Countries: Argentina, Spain, US, Mexico, Denmark & UK

Language: Spanish

Cert: 18

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKDPrhkG4LI&t=3s

Rating: 5 stars
2 votes

Biography | Drama

No sight. No limits. One man changes the game.

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: In a world with odds stacked against him in every step of the way, Srikanth defies norms, blazing a trail from rural India to becoming the first visually impaired student at MIT. As he builds Bollant Industries, his success brings challenges for which he would not only chase personal dreams but safeguard a shared future for the ones just like him. This is the tale of an entrepreneur's triumph and sacrifice, both which he welcomed with open arms and a smile.

Writers: K K Binojee, Sumit Purohit & Jagdeep Sidhu

Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Jyotika, Alaya F, Sharad Kelkar, Vinita Venugopal, Om Kanojiya, Sukhita Aiyar, Anusha Nuthula, Srikant Mane, Arnav Abdagire, Srinivas Beesetty, Jameel Khan

Cine-grapher: Pratham Mehta

Music Composers: Tanishk Bagchi, Ishaan Chhabra, Aanand Milind, Sachet-Parampara & Ved Sharma

Costume Design: Rohit Chaturvedi

Production Designer: Tanvi Leena Patil

Producers: Tushar Hiranandani, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar & Nidhi Parmar

Editors: Debasmita Mitra & Sanjay Sankia

Director: Tushar Hiranandani

Release Date: 10 May 2024

Streaming On: Netflix

Production Country: India

Language: Hindi (International languages Subtitles)

Cert: 12A

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMeuJP5iBWY&t=4s

Rating: 5 stars
2 votes

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Streaming Films

Action | Adventure | Superhero | Thriller | Fantasy

Revenge, betrayal, and a secret that could change everything.

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: Andy (Charlize Theron) and her team of immortal warriors are back, with a renewed sense of purpose in their mission to protect the world. With Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) still in exile after his betrayal, and Quynh (Veronica Ngô) out for revenge after escaping her underwater prison, Andy grapples with her newfound mortality as a mysterious threat emerges that could jeopardize everything she’s worked towards for thousands of years. Andy, Nile (KiKi Layne), Joe (Marwan Kenzari), Nicky (Luca Marinelli) and James Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) enlist the help of Tuah (Henry Golding), an old friend who may provide the key to unlocking the mystery behind immortal existence. The Old Guard 2 is an emotional, adrenaline-pumping sequel, based on the world created by Greg Rucka and illustrator Leandro Fernandez.

Writers: Greg Rucka, Sarah L. Walker & Leandro Fernandez

Cast: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthias Schoenaerts, Uma Thurman, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Veronica Ngo, Henry Golding, Kamil Nozynski, Slavko Sobin, Todd Cattell, Peter Arpessela, Christopher Tek, Lorenzo Acquaviva

Cine-grapher: Barry Ackroyd

Music Composer: Ruth Barret & Steffan Thum

Costume Design: Mary E. Vogt

Production Designer: Paki Meduri

Producers: A.J Dix, David Ellison, Marc Evans, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Beth Kono & Charlize Theron

Editor: Matthew Schmidt

Director: Victoria Mahoney

Release Date: 2 July 2025

Streaming On: Netflix

Production Locations: Bergamo & Riva Di Solto, Italy

Production Country: US

Cert: R

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyivgZ074PY&t=154s

Rating: 3.5 stars
2 votes

Action | Comedy | Thriller | Crime

Two heads are better than one but two egos can't survive.

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: The UK Prime Minister and US President have a public rivalry that risks their countries' alliance. But when they become targets of a powerful enemy, they're forced to rely on each other as they go on a wild, multinational run. Allied with Noel, a brilliant MI6 agent, they must find a way to thwart a conspiracy that threatens the free world.

Writers: Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Harrison Query

Cast: Idris Elba, John Cena, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Paddy Considine, Carla Gugino, Stephen Root, Sarah Niles, Jack Quaid, Richard Coyle, Katrina Durden, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Clare Foster, Wade Briggs, Robyn Pennington, Steve Cree, Adrian Lukis

Cine-grapher: Ben Davis

Music Composers: Steven Price

Costume Design: Jany Timime

Production Designer: Niall Moroney

Producers: Peter Safran & John Rickard

Editor: Tom Harrison-Read

Director: Ilya Naishuller

Release Date: 2 July 2025

Streaming On: Prime Video

Production Country: US

Production Locations: London, Liverpool – UK, Trieste – Italy, Belgrade – Serbia & Nice - France

Cert: 13

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f70LlXPC7VI&t=20s

Rating: 5 stars
2 votes

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Documentaries 

Ancestral wisdom vs. the wild. Nature becomes home.

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: After a small plane crashes, four indigenous children struggle to survive in the Colombian Amazon jungle, relying on ancestral wisdom as an unprecedented rescue mission unfolds.

Cast: Vanessa F. Garcia, Dan Garza, Henry Guerrero, Stacy Ines, Cristian Ranoque Mucutuy, Fatima Mucutuy, Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, Magdalena Mucutuy, Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy

Cine-graphers: Franklin Dow & Mauricio Vidal

Music Composer: Patrick Jonsson

Producer: Marta Shaw

Editors: Katie Bryer & Samuel R. Santana

Directors: Orlando von Einsiedel, Jorgen Duran & Lali Houghton

Release Date: 14 November 2024

Streaming On: Netflix

Production Country: Columbia

Languagees: Spanish & English

Cert: 15

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTmSaHTVRPo&t=3s

Rating: 4.5 stars
2 votes

It started as a party. It ended with riot police.

Synopsis, Credit & Trailer

Synopsis: A night of drunken chaos rocks a quiet Dutch town in this shocking documentary about a teen's birthday invite that accidentally went viral on Facebook.

Executive Producers: Sheun Adelasoye, De Nicola, Alexander Marengo, Tim Wardle, Casey Feldman, Erica Roberts & William Swann

Director: Alex Wood

Release Date:  8 July 2025

Streaming On: Netflix

Production Country: UK & US

Cert: 15

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNHZZNo3bBA&t=5s

Rating: 4.5 stars
2 votes

From urban heartbreaks and supernatural kingdoms to hidden crimes and immortal warriors — this week’s picks are all about bold truths, big feelings, and unforgettable characters.

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