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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Do yourself a favor and see this in 3D if you can
What a total surprise, the 3D was outstanding and popped more than usual. The characters and art assets looked fully rounded out, there was a lot of effort put into framing the foreground and background elements to give them a lot of depth.
I grew up collecting the original graphic novels and watching the show, but every franchise project afterward merely felt derivative and did nothing for me. Tonight, I started with low expectations, but decided to give it a chance as I felt like watching a new 3D animated film on my VR headset.
I'm glad to see the Spiderverse urban influence feeling appropriate, as though giving the artists the architecture and vocabulary for this movie to exist.
Khufiya (2023)
A significant achievement in elevating the standard of Bollywood cinema
""Khufiya," despite its minor flaws, stands as a significant achievement in elevating the standard of Bollywood cinema. The film's extraordinary cinematography, enthralling music, and fantastic acting are all reminiscent of Hollywood productions. Its universal tale spans from Bangladesh to New Jersey (with the American scenes reportedly shot in Alberta, Canada), a truly global narrative that leaves a compelling impression. I am eager to see more movies of this outstanding quality.
While there are occasional plot inconsistencies, like some overly-complex motives, the intrigue in the storyline successfully maintains viewer engagement. Of particular note among the stellar cast performances is the depiction of a same-sex romantic relationship between women. Prior to this, such a topic has been almost entirely avoided in Indian cinema, barring a few exceptions like Deepa Mehta. Of note are some of the funny lines delivered in the story by the mother-in-law. More than a movie, "Khufiya" is a progressive and professional Bengali cinema discovery that deserves commendation for its groundbreaking contributions, not merely criticism for its minor misgivings.
Newman (2015)
Worth it for the last 30 minutes - psychology of a conman in full bloom
I originally skipped watching this doc when I thought it was just a promotional piece for this guy, but the last 30 minutes were genuinely entertaining and definitively answered the question of whether his ideas were ever actually valid. The psychology of this conman is put on full display, in a few tense minutes a lifetime of questions and doubt are crystallized, the mystery revealed.
The last 30 minutes finishes off showing him having been semi-famous during the 80's, doing tons of press, having followers, appealing to congress, even going on Carson... then it jumps over 20 years later to 2015. After his current prototype is demonstrated, the documentarians eventually set him up with a sincere and credible investor to finally bring his idea to reality. Then at age 77 we see Newton's ugly-crazy-violent side come up where he starts a dramatic rant about not wanting to be controlled or forgotten and conclusively discredits himself once and for all.