The Speed Cubers:
Synopsis: Discover the special bond -- and uncommon competitive spirit -- shared by the world's Rubik's Cube-solving record breakers in this documentary.
My thoughts: Definitely not the strongest documentary I've seen this year but certainly still a strong entry. Clocking in at about 45 minutes I appreciate them not lengthening it out as I find often times docs stretch out the running time to get it considered a "full length doc" and you end up with a bunch of filler. The 45 minutes runtime was the perfect amount of time to learn about how Max Park, an autistic teenager beating his idol, Feliks Zemdegs, records one at a time and the growing friendship between the two as they navigate their different paths in life but that has one commonality, the cubing community. It's an inspiring story that's worth the shortened amount of minutes you'll need to watch it.
Final verdict: 3.5 world records out of 5.
Synopsis: Sentenced to a South African prison for 12 years, anti-apartheid activist Tim Jenkin and his fellow inmates devise a daring plan to escape.
My thoughts: Escape From Pretoria is a throwback to old slow paced thrillers that doesn't involve a killer lurking behind a bush or a threatening individual holding another hostage. No, this was a tense escape movie with great acting and a true to form historical environment at play. That being said this movie wasn't all great. The pacing is slow... Like snaillike in places where the escape isn't happening. Which is 80% of the movie. This is the perfect example of a movie having a lot of ingredients for success but it doesn't get mixed together properly which hold back the dish from it's full potential. Radcliffe should definitely sign up for more of these roles.
Final verdict: 3 wooden keys out of 5.
Synopsis: After Candace is abducted by aliens, Phineas and Ferb embark on a journey to rescue her from her captors.
My thoughts: This was my introduction to the world of Phineas and Ferb. I know it's odd to jump in after 4 seasons, 1 movie, 1 special and 1 crossover to jump in with the 2nd movie, but I'm honestly glad I did. It's such a smart series with ample piles of heart, comedy and adventure. In saying that it shows how good of a job the writers do setting up the characters for those of us that have no background of the show. The way they did that was an opening song which covered all the needs to know and it was catchy as hell as well as were most of the other songs they used. Count me as one of the people on board the Phineas and Ferb train. Choo Choo.
Final verdict: 4 aliens out of 5.
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