#PicksAndPiquesSnippetFilmReview10thJuly2015 #JohnsonThomas

#PicksAndPiquesSnippetFilmReview10thJuly2015 #JohnsonThomas

 

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#PicksAndPiquesSnippetFilmReview10thJuly2015

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#Baahubali/#TheOneWithTheStrongArms(Bahubali-The Beginning) (Hindi) Rating: * * ½  Aiming for magnificent but settling for cheesy, this ambitious south-side offering from the impressive ‘Makhi’ director/Producer has the gloss but not the art, seamless DI tech crispness or the heart to make it matter. Apparently Rs 250 crore( for both 1 & 2 ) thereabouts was frittered away on this epic Magnum Opus mythic fantasy that slithers into formula in order to gain greater bandwidth. Laughable and intermittently entertaining but not exactly  food for the soul, is the verdict! And it’s a relief it’s not in 3D. The #DolbyAtmos sound effects are crisp and resounding though.    #KaranJohar #DharmaProductions #SSRajamouli #RanaDagggubatti #TamannaahBhatia #Makhi #MMKreem #Prabhas #AnushkaShetty #RamyaKrishnan #Nassar #Satyaraj #ArkaMediaWorks #StudioGreen #UVCreations #GlobalUnitedMedia #AAFilms

#ILoveNY(Hindi) Rating: * ½  Old embarrassment comes to haunt a recently remodeled Kangana, flying high on the super success  of #Queen and #TanuWedsManuReturns and it’s a sorry sight to say the least. Costumes, styling and pairing are the pits. Story is old hat too. Even #Sunny would be looking away from this one and let’s not talk about the heroine’s atrocious tone and accent. All this just when #Kangana is looking to get a firm grip on her Stardom with #KattiBatti and #Sunny is looking to hit the right notes once again with #GhayalReturns. #SunnyDeol #Kangana Ranaut #RadhikaRao #VinaySapru #SuperCassettesIndustriesPvtLtd

 

#ThodaLutfThodaIshq (Hindi) Rating: * Talents being abused are quite a familiar sight in the B grade hemisphere  of Bollywood. #SachinGupta Who made #ParatheWaliGali dips a few notches lower to hit on your funnybone and it’s not a laugh for sure. It’s irritating and completely off-putting. Why don’t filmmakers realize that having #RajpalYadav in a film doesn’t guarantee comedy? only solid sensible scripting and smart storytelling  can do that. You won’t find that here for sure. #HitenTejwani makes an ass of himself here..and he was a TV superstar once. What a pity.  #NR2 #Neelam  #RRPathak  #SachinGupta #RajpalYadav #HitenTejwani #SanjayMishra

 

#2Chehare( Hindi) Rating: *  Oh My Gawd !Talk about ‘ancient’ being resurrected- this one has faces that you would well have forgotten a long time ago. It’s better to remember them in their heyday rather than visit this monstrosity that  crawled out of the woodwork quite unceremoniously. At a time when one SuneilShetty is deemed to be two much having two of them in a film sure about kills everything! #AltairMedia #AshwaniShukla #SuneilShetty #Farah #ShatrughanSinha #NegarKhan

 

#Amy(English/Documentary) Rating: * * * * This comes right close to the 4^th anniversary(July 23) of #AmyWinehouse’s tragic death from alcohol poisoning and is a befitting tribute to her unforgettable universally toasted, multiple Grammy winning talent as it is an unstinting record of her downward spiral in a tragedy called ‘Life.’ Unique, super talented, Jazz artist fritters away her life on wine, drugs, co-dependency and song and #AsifKapadia (who also did a great docu-bio on #Senna) does a bang-on job capturing  the highs and lows of the musical supernova, on camera. It’s a hard to stomach, archival and hidden footage enriched no-holds-barred docu that makes you experience the entire going-to-seed experience right from the front row. This one is a painful watch but it’s as true as the writing on the wall and will have you wanting to reach out and save this lost soul. If only… #HardlyAnonymousPR #AsifKapadia #AmyWinehouse #MitchWinehouse #JanisWinehouse #BlakeFielderCivil #SalaamRemi #JulietteAshby #YasiinBey #NickShymansky #PeteDoherty #MarkRonson

 

#Minions(English/Animation/3D) Rating: * *1/2 The Minions from #DespicableMe hog the show and it’s not as enjoyable as one might presume. They are cute but not very happening. And they are just not suited for a lead role. #Illumination #UniversalPictures #JascintoFernandes #ChandrashekarNeeli #MoesArt

#SandraBullock #PierreCoffin #JonHamm #MichaelKeaton #AllisonJanney #SteveCoogan #JenniferSaunders #GeoffreyRush
#SteveCarell #LaraineNewman #TaraStrong #PeterSerafinowicz #KyleBalda #PierreCoffin

#TheGallows (English/Horror) Rating: * * Derivative and crude found-footage horror flick set in a school , having a tagline that misleads with ‘Every School has it’s spirit’

is just not tangible or inventive enough to strike a chord with even the horror fans!  It’s a laughably bad horror flick ..period! #ReeseMishler #PfeiferBrown #RyanShoos #CassidyGifford #TravisCluff #ChrisLofing #WarnerBros #AnkitAgarwal