Baby John #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #BabyJohn Rating: *

Forget the fake stars this remake of #Theri has garnered, this film is so ridiculous it could give you a free headache. Its distended, incoherent and terribly messy (not massy) Not a single sequence holds your attention. The editing, helming, performances, cinematography, music and production design are pretty much retrograde. BE wise.Avoid! Cast: #VarunDhawan #KeerthySuresh #WamiqaGabbi #JackieShroff #RajpalYadav.
Director: #Kalees Runtime: 160 min
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Vanvaas #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Vanwaas Rating: * *

Oldfashioned family drama with heavy dose of emotion, melodrama. The story had merits but the treatment does not allow for genuine affection. It’s too preachy, long-drawn & tedious to sit through. The performances are the mainstay here.
Cast: #NanaPatekar #SimratKaur #UtkarshSharma #AshwiniKalsekar #RajpalNaurangYadav #ParitoshTripathi #ShrutiMarathe #PrashantBajaj
Director: #AnilSharma Runtime: 160m
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Bougainvillae #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Bougainvillae Rating: * * (#Malayalam)

Psychological crime thriller that drags around for more than half its runtime before getting to the point. Psycho part feels like it came way out of left field. Too long drawn & unjustified to curry favor with an audience.
Cast: #Jyotirmayi #KunchackoBoban #FahadhFaasil #VeenaNandakumar #SharafUDheen #Srinda #JinuJoseph #ShobiThilakan
Director: #AmalNeerad Runtime: 137 min
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Girls Will Be Girls #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #GirlsWillBeGirls Rating: * * * 1/2

A coming-of-age exploration that tenderly highlights the female experience, this film keeps you absorbed and engaged through its complicated fabric of interpersonal relationships & heartbreaks. Touching performanc es & assured helming make it memorable
Director: #ShuchiTalati Runtime: 119 min
Cast: #KaniKusruti #PreetiPanigrahi #KesavBinoyKiron #DevikaShahani #JitinGulati #KajolChugh #AmanDesai #AkashPramanik
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Outhouse #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Outhouse Rating: * *

This attempt at heartwarming exploration of companionship, connection & unexpected adventures fails to draw you in because of sloppy direction, discontinuous camerawork & unpolished scripting. The actors are the only draw here.
Cast: #SharmilaTagore #DrMohanAgashe #JihanHodar #SonaliKulkarni #NeerajKabi #SunilAbhayankar
Director: #SunilSuktankar Runtime: 90 min
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Karate Girls #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #KarateGirls Rating: * *

A rather insipid coming-of-age drama with sports as a backdrop, this series about young adults navigating their life problems has little gravity and fails to keep you hooked. Martial arts itself is not the mainstay, its only a means to achieving an end.
Cast: #AshleshaThakur #CelestiBairagey #ManavGohil #MeiyangChang #RohanJoshi #ChiragKatreja
Director: #VictorMukherjee Runtime: 5 eps/ 35-40 min
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Bandish Bandits Season 2 #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #BandishBanditsS2 Rating: * *

S2 music never reaches the high notes, drama is feeble and the jugalbandis don’t have the power to draw you in. This new season has little to offer. Even the face-offs have little purchase
Cast: #SheebaChaddha #NaseeruddinShah #RajeshTailang #DivyaDutta #AtulKulkarni #KunaalRoyKapur #YashashwiniDayama #ShreyaChaudhry #RitwikBhowmik #RohanGurbaxani #SaurabhNayyar #PareshPahuja
Director: #AnandTiwari Runtime: 8 eps/50-60min
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Despatch #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Despatch Rating: * *

The weirdest depiction of an investigative crime reporter we have seen yet & it has #ManojBajpayee’s most inept performance yet. We never get to understand what he is investigating and the form it takes is so sloppy and inept that you wonder whether he is experienced enough? And then there’s the over-the-top sex scenes…#KanuBahl deals in extremes which make no sense.This film lacks coherence & is a dead bore.
Cast: #ManojBajpayee #ShahanaGoswami #JitendraVashisht #AjoyChakraborty #ParvatiSehgal #ArrchitaAgarwal #RituParnaSen #DilipShankar #RijuBajaj
Director: #KanuBahl Runtime: 155 min
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