Summer at the Movies

Christopher Nolan's long-awaited Odyssey adaptation, Spielberg's return to alien territory with Disclosure Day, and a new Spider-Man all land within weeks of each other, making this one of the more stacked summers cinema has seen in years. Catch up now.

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
May 22
Din Djarin and his beloved little ward leap to the big screen, with Jon Favreau back at the helm and Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, and Jeremy Allen White in tow. Instead of a fourth season of the show, Disney and Lucasfilm have opted for a standalone film that returns the Star Wars franchise to cinemas for the first time since The Rise of Skywalker.

Shape of Momo
May 29
Tribeny Rai's debut feature is set in a Himalayan village in Sikkim. It traces the lives of women across three generations of a single family, shaped by emotional inheritances, silences, and everyday negotiations. Backed by Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti, and Payal Kapadia as executive producers, this one has a festival pedigree and a quiet, confident voice. An essential counterpoint to the summer's bigger spectacles.

Bandar
June 5
Anurag Kashyap's crime thriller follows an ageing television star whose fame is fading and who finds himself accused of rape by his ex-girlfriend, setting off a harrowing journey through India's flawed prison and legal system. With Sanya Malhotra, Saba Azad, and Sapna Pabbi in key roles, the film explores cancel culture, justice, and redemption, and premiered at TIFF 2025 to significant attention.

Disclosure Day
June 12
Steven Spielberg returns to alien terrain for the first time in decades with a film he has deliberately shrouded in mystery, telling exhibitors at CinemaCon that all they need to get from beginning to end is a seatbelt. The screenplay is from longtime collaborator David Koepp, and the story centres on a whistleblower with access to government secrets about the existence of non-human beings, with Emily Blunt's meteorologist inexplicably beginning to speak in tongues on live television. The summer's most intriguing question mark.

Toy Story 5
June 19
Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the gang face an all-new threat when electronics begin encroaching on their turf, with the film directed by Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton.

Supergirl
June 26
House of the Dragon's Milly Alcock stars as Kara Zor-El in an adaptation of Tom King's comic miniseries, serving as the latest chapter of James Gunn and Peter Safran's DC Universe. After her scene-stealing cameo in last year's Superman, Alcock owns this movie.

Moana
July 10
Disney's live-action remake is directed by Tony Award-winning theatre director Thomas Kail, with Catherine Laga'aia stepping into the lead role and Dwayne Johnson returning as Maui. The animated original still holds up beautifully, which raises the stakes considerably here.

Alpha
July 10
The first female-led instalment in the YRF Spy Universe, Alpha stars Alia Bhatt and Sharvari as two agents at the centre of a high-octane espionage narrative, directed by Shiv Rawail. Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol join the leads, and Hrithik Roshan is set to appear as a mentor figure in what marks the franchise's first-ever character crossover. After multiple delays, it finally lands.

The Odyssey
July 17
Christopher Nolan adapts Homer's epic, following Odysseus (Matt Damon) in the aftermath of the Trojan War, with a cast that includes Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Mia Goth, and Charlize Theron. Nolan remains one of the few filmmakers who can greenlight an ancient Greek epic at a blockbuster scale and have the world show up for it.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day
July 31
Peter Parker tries to step back from the suit and focus on college, until a new threat pulls him back in alongside an unexpected ally, with Destin Daniel Cretton directing from a script by the No Way Home writers. Mark Ruffalo turns up as Bruce Banner, and Jon Bernthal and Sadie Sink round out a cast that has already generated considerable anticipation. Spider-Man fatigue is not a thing, apparently.

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Date 13.5.2026