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#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Title: #KhalbaliRecords Rating: ** Predictable musicaldrama exploring dynamics between indie&commercial music with label wars, sibling rivalry, client poaching, exploitation of artistes becoming the main fodder.Its interesting enough but the predictability, lack of tension & un-energising musical score play spoilsport. Cast: #RamKapoor #SaloniBatra #SkandThakur #SaloniePatel #PrabhDeep #EPR #KumarVarun Director: #DevanshuSingh #JioCinemaPremium #PRPunditHavasRed #AmitTrivedi #AzadiRecords #AratiRaval #everyone #everyonefollowers

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews 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 #BalajiTelefilms #MahanaFilms #PenMarudhar #SpicePR #Netflix #ZeeCinema #everyone #everyonefollowers

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews 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 #SpicePR #Viacom18 #JioCinema #Netflix #JyothiDeshpande #MaddockFilms #DineshVijan #BodhayanRoychoudhary #SreekarPrasad #everyoneシ゚ #everyonefollowers

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews 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 #AmazonPrime #

Trailer Launch of Devara Part 1 at Taj Lands End Bandra, Mumbai. Present on the occasion were Jahnvi Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan , NTRJr(Tarak), Kortala Siva, Apoorva Mehta, Karan Johar, Anil Thadani https://youtu.be/NcCYq3bvlJM

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews 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 #JennaLamia #Netflix #21LapsEntertainment #BlossomFilms #TheJackalGroup #everyone #everyonefollowers

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews 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 #DharmaticEntertainment #KaranJohar #ApoorvaMehta #IshitaMoitra #Amaz

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumenataryOTTReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit 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 #JioCinemaPremium #Viacom18 #WhitefeatherFilms #SanjayGupta #AnuradhaGupta #JioStudios #Tseries #everyone #everyoneシ゚ #everyonefollowers

Sourabh Shukla's debut directorial feature,a thriller in Kannada, '1888' set during India's 2016 demonetization period has won accolades at several international film festivals, including winning the Best Director Award at the Onyko Film Awards 2023 in Ukraine and the Outstanding Achievement Award for Best Debut Filmmaker (Sourabh Shukla) at the World Film Carnival 2023 in Singapore. It was also nominated for Best Feature Film award at the 20th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2023.In an interview with Independent Filmcritic Johnson Thomas, he speaks about the many challenges he faced to reach his audience from idea to screen... What is your background and how you did you develop a passion for filmmaking? I'm originally from Mysuru, Karnataka. That's where I was born and brought up and studied as well as worked before shifting to Bengaluru where I have been living for the past 10 years or so. My engineering degree was in computer science, and I worked in

Sony Future Filmmaker Awards announced their six award winning films and filmmakers at their 2024 ceremony. These award winners include: Animation Winner: Ángulos de la Hora (Hour Angle) directed by Kyle Novak (Czech Republic) Environment Winner: Wildmen of the Greater Toronto Area directed by Solmund MacPherson (Canada) Fiction Winner: Imogene directed by Katie Blair (USA) Future Format Winner: PARASOMNIA directed by Cristian Daniel (Uruguay) Non-Fiction Winner: Ìrún Dídì directed by Olawunmi Hassan & Adaobi Samson (Nigeria) Student Winner: Anguish directed by Raheem Razak (South Africa) Creo revealed the six winners of the second edition of the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards, announced this evening during a special ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by Entertainment Tonight’s correspondent Denny Directo. Established by Creo and sponsored by Sony, the major annual awards program for short films provides a gateway for the development of exceptional cinematic tal

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #Internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews 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 #Dil