The Buckingham Murders #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #TheBuckinghamMurders Rating: * * 1/2

Twisty low-rent whodunit thriller with favorable cinematography & a compelling lead. The script here fails to rise above routine unsurprising thriller mode & editing & helming fail to generate enough edgy tension.

Cast: #KareenaKapoorKhan #AshTandon #SartaajKakkar #RanveerBrar #PrabhleenSandhu #FarhanBaqi #KapilRedekar #KeithAllen #AdwoaAkoto #StuartWhelan
Director: #HansalMehta Runtime: 104 min
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Sector 36 #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Sector36 Rating: * *

Based on the repulsive gruesome #NithariKillings involving #bestiality #sexualdebauchery #rapes #cannibalism #bloodychoppymedicinemurder #organtrafficking this psychopathetic film plays like a straightforward I-did-it failing to provide nuance, guile or complexity in its telling. Amateur scripting, bad dialogue & sordid revulsion invoking direction make it pointless & insignificant even with good actors headlining the show & tell.

Cast: #VikrantMassey #DeepakDobriyal #AkashKhurana #BaharulIslam
Director: #AdityaNimbalkar Runtime:123 min
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The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsOfPowerS2
Rating: * * * 1/2

Intense magical & captivating these rings have power beyond the imagination that created them. Inspired by #JRRTolkien’s #Middleearth the series continues on its enchanting run where goodness & evil wage a battle through the grey areas of human thought. The meditative tone & tenor embellished by #BearMcCreary’s ensnaring score panegyric performances & incandescent cinematography continue to be a strong lure.

Cast: #MorfyddClark #RobertAramayo #MaximBaldry #MarkellaKavenagh #IsmaelCruzCórdova #CharlieVickers #BenjaminWalker #CynthiaAddaiRobinson #OwainArthur #JimBroadbent #GaviSinghChera #BenDaniels #KevinEldon #CharlesEdwards #SamHazeldine #TrystanGravelle #CiaranHinds #RoryKinnear #TanyaMoodie
Directors: #CharlotteBrändström #SanaaHamri #LouiseHooper
Runtime: 8 Eps/40-60 min each
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The Perfect Couple #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #ThePerfectCouple Rating: * * *

Intriguingly engaging family drama cum whodunit, the screenplay adapted from #Elin Hilderbrand’s book is stimulating & carries favorable tension through to the end. The ending is its weakest link though. The camerawork, editing, intimate rendering of characters & performances are all creditworthy. Desi boy #IshanKhattar does a good job too…

Director: #SusanneBier Runtime: 6 Eps/1 hr each
Cast: #NicoleKidman #LievShreiber #EweHewson #BillyHowle #MeghannFahy #DonnaLynneChamplin #JackReynor #MichaelBeach #IshaanKhattar #SamNivola #MiaIsaac #DakotaFanning #IsabelleAdjani
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Call Me Bae #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Title: #CallMeBae Rating: * * *

Her pain is her couture. They #callherBae, From Pity party stuff to softpedaled #metoo bashing, this series goes from colorful frivolous vacuous fashion plate nonsense to semi-serious news biz using slight, frothy, romanticised emoji tipped arrows to score its hits. #AnanyaPandey’s animation & #VirDas’comedic flair keep you interested. The colorful cinematography, breezy direction& supporting cast also comes good.

Director: #CollinDcunha Runtime: 8 Eps/ 30-45 min each
Cast: #AnanyaPandey #VirDas #SameerMalhotra #MiniMathur #VarunSood #NitinGrover #VihaanSamat #ShivMasand #NirvaannAnand #DiaSoni #SahilShroff #GurfatehPirzada #LisaMishra #MuskaanJafferi #NiharikaLyraDutt #KarishmaTanna #RiyaSen #SuchitraPillai #TaherShabbir #SayaniGupta #HarmanSingha #AshishCharak
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Visfot #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas

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Film: #Visfot Rating: * * 1/2

Yet another hurly-burly film w an underworld backdrop having innocents caught up in the melee, this film with a faulty construct fails to make the best out of a gravitating concept & decent performances because of some silly scripting & illogical run of play.

Cast: #FardeenKhan #SheebaChadha #RiteishDeshmukh #SeemaBiswas #PriyaBapat #KrystleDsouza #AyazKhan #NehaPednekar #ArjunAneja
Director: #KookieGulati Runtime: 127 min
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IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack #PicksAndPiques JohnsonThomas

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Title : #IC814TheKandaharHijack Rating: * * *
Inspired by true events about the 7 day long hostage crisis that led to the unprecedented release of terrorists - #MushtaqAhmedZargar #AhmedOmarSaeedSheikh and #MasoodAzhar. Script is adapted from the book #FlightIntoFear by #CaptainDeviSharan & #SrinjoyChowdhury & hints at inter-party pressures for #Vajpayee led coalition’s capitulation. The geo-political patina is real enough and the writing takes intriguing turns. This is a no-frills engaging, rousing series! There’s no Hindu-Muslim angle to the names of the hijackers being referred to as Chief, Doctor, Burger, Bhola, and Shankar- its as per the Ministry of External Affairs report dated January 2000.

Cast: #VijayVerma #NaseeruddinShah #DiaMirza #ArvindSwamy #ManojPahwa #KumudMishra #PankajKapoor #KaranDesai #AmritaPuri #Patralekha #DivyenduBhattacharya #RajivThakur #DilJohn #HarminderSingh #PoojaGor
Director: #AnubhavSinha Runtime: 6 eps/28-45min each
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