#PicksAndPiquesSnippetFilmReview2ndOct2015 #JohnsonThomas

#PicksAndPiquesSnippetFilmReview2ndOct2015 #JohnsonThomas

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#Talvar(Hindi) Rating: * * * It’s not as much about truth as it is about investigating agencies bumbling around in a sea of ineptitude and ego-centered posturing. And the tragedy of it all is lost in the many positions that the film tries to articulate in it’s efforts to show up the procedural inadequacies in the justice system prevalent in the country. The ‘Arushi Talwar’ murder case  finds yet another cinematic take but there’s no ‘Rahasya’ and even less attachment. Though the telling of it is gritty and temporally realistic in nature, the innumerable moments of tasteless levity and the inability to give the parents more of a voice and character, doesn’t allow for any great involvement either. No doubt #MeghnaGulzar has grown as director but there’s still a long way to go for her, if her meter is to match up to her illustrious father’s cinematic poetry.  #KonkonaSenSharma #NeerajKabi #Tabu #IrfanKhan #MeghnaGulzar #VishalBharadwaj #RekhaBharadwaj #JungleePictures #VishalBharadwajPictures #VineetJain #PritiShahani #AAFilmsNationwide #ASreekarPrasad #JarPictures #Gulzar #PankajKumar #TSeries #SpicePR

Runtime: 132 mins      

                                      

#SinghIsBliing(Hindi) Rating: * * ½ Unabashedly winging it. Low-brow comedy swaggering on arrogance. Much like #WelcomeBack and #KisKiskoPyaarKaroon, this film too prefers to leave it’s brains in cold storage while engaging in ritualistic humor, sexism, stereotypical ‘Sardar’ mindset and unchallenging though freewheeling performances from Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson. It’s an inorganically engineered mindless comedy directed by choreographer turned helmer Prabhudeva (recently on the down with some weighty flops to his credit),  which wrests it’s humorous laurels from Male chauvinistic posturing , bad taste, dumb arrogance and wildly exaggerated yo-yoing between good and bad characters. Akshay’s robustly modified  ‘Eishwar’ like ‘duh’ness is well suited no doubt but it’s delectable beauty, #AmyJackson, with a voice of her own, showing off her classy  action hefts and #LaraDutta putting her all in a valuable guest appearance, alongside some stunning location cinematography - that make the  apropos mindless mayhem fairly bearable.  #AkshayKumar #PrabhuDheva #GrazingGoatPictures #RelianceEntertainment #AshviniYardi #AmyJackson #RatiAgnihotri #KunalKapoor #LaraDutta #PenIndiaPvtLtd #ParagDesai #AkshayJayantilalGada #UniversalCommunications  #DhavalJayantilalGada  #YograjSingh #MurliSharma #PradeepRawat #ArfiLamba #AnilMange #KayKayMenon         Runtime: 141 mins

 

#Puli (Hindi/Tamil/Telugu) Rating: * * An unnecessarily elongated fantasy appropriating ideas and characters traits from Gullivers  Travels, #Disney’s #AnjolinaJolie starrer #Maleficient and the more recent success #Bahubali to gather up it’s high-points, fails to measure up mainly because the assemblage doesn’t have a consistent thread of either strong action or emotion.The story is at best patchy and uneven. And #Vijay doesn’t have what it takes to become a pan-Indian hero. His  performance style, dance moves and looks appear to favor the regional mindset rather than a pan Indian one. #Sridevi’s ‘Jolie’ turn is the only saving grace amidst poor technique, lumpy CGI and typically sloppy mainstream south-side story telling craft. #Vijay #Sridevi #Sudeep #ShrutiHassan #HansikaMotwani #SanchitaTrivedi #RohiniBhandari #ChimbuDeven #VishalDistributions #SKTStudios #SriThenandalFilms #Thameens #SNarayan #PahlajNihalaniRuntime: 154 mins

 

#TheMartian (English/Imax/3D) Rating: * * *1/2 A visually spectacular, enthralling outer space adventure that takes you thru the rigors of survival against-all-odds and eventually lands you safely back on earth , venting a huge sigh of relief. It’s that realistic and completely involving. It’s ‘Castaway’ in an alien planet, ‘Mars’ with none of the known survival tricks at your beck and call. To add to that pleasure, the science of it all is quite impregnable. The 3D/Imax is a real treat. Go figure in a theatre near you! #RidleyScott #MattDamon #FoxStarPictures #HimanshuMestry #ShrutiSundaram #JessicaChastain #KateMara #JeffDaniels #ChiwetelEjiofor #SebastianStan #SeanBean #KristenWiig #MackenzieDavis #DonaldGlover #MichaelPeña #20thCenturyFox #TSGEntertainment #ScottFree #KinbergGenreProduction #SimonKinberg #MichaelSchaefer #AdityaSood #MarkHuffam #DrewGoddard.

 Runtime:144 mins