For film nerds! We are once again here with the exciting list of the latest releases, and WhatsOn editorial is as always here to make your weekend worthy with Film Friday. Grab some popcorn, and enjoy the movies we’ve selected for you. Writing: Tama Sarker

Where The Crawdads Sing

The movie is based on a novel, however, this book is a little more realistic than movies about superpowered animals or international assassins. This drama from the 1950s features Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya, a North Carolina child who is abandoned and must learn to survive alone in the marshes. Eventually, Kya is identified as the main suspect in a local homicide. As the inquiry progresses, the mystery surrounding the death grows and poses a threat to disclosing information about the town. In theaters on July 15

Watcher

Based on a script by Zack Ford, the 2022 American psychological thriller movie Watcher is written and directed by Chloe Okuno. The movie had its world premiere on January 22, 2022, at the Sundance Film Festival. On June 3, 2022, IFC Midnight and Shudder in the US and Focus Features and Universal Pictures in other countries distributed the movie. A young American woman and her husband relocated to Bucharest, and she soon starts to wonder whether the stranger watching her from the apartment building across the street is indeed a serial killer who beheads women in the area.

Nope

On July 18, 2022, the movie had its world premiere at the TCL (Grauman’s) Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. On July 22, 2022, Universal Pictures released the movie in theaters around the country. Residents of a remote Californian canyon witness a strange and terrifying discovery. Ranch-owning siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood attempt to record video evidence of an unusual flying object after their father is killed by random things falling from the sky with the assistance of tech salesman Angel Torres and documentarian Antlers Holst.

Shamshera

Shamshera, another eagerly awaited movie, will finally be released on July 22 after being postponed for a few months. Ranbir Kapoor, Vaani Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, and other actors appear in the historical action drama, which is set in the late nineteenth century. Under the Yash Raj Films label, Karan Malhotra is the film’s director. A warrior tribe is imprisoned, sold into slavery, and tortured by a brutal authoritarian named Shudh Singh in the fictional city of Kaza. Shamshera is renowned within his tribe for his unwavering commitment to the independence and honor of his people.

Forensic

The film is based on the identically titled 2020 Malayalam film. The screenplay for Forensic was written by Adhir Bhat, Vishal Kapoor, and Ajit Jagtap. On June 24, 2022, ZEE5 will air the film. Vishal Furia is the director of the 2022 Bollywood thriller film Forensic. In the key parts of the forensic film are Vikrant Massey, Radhika Apte, Prachi Desai, Rohit Roy, Subrata Dutta, and Vindu Dara Singh. The setting of the film is Mussoorie, where a police officer and forensic expert are searching for a serial killer.