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Doctor Who: Partners in Crime (2008)
A mediocre season opener fueled by character development
"Partners in Crime" is the weakest season intro of NuWho so far. The plot about the Adipose is weak and I had no interest in it whatsoever, minus the cute fat monsters. The best thing going for this episode is the Doctor and Donna reuniting and the character development handed to both characters. The Doctor realizing he was lonely and talking to an empty TARDIS was probably the highlight of the episode- tied with the amazing cameo of Rose at the end. Like the Doctor, Donna also has touching characterization. Her disdain with the mundane has led her to be a better character. She is less whiny than in "Runaway Bride" and she cares about things bigger than herself. The great character moments of the Doctor and Donna, along with the right amount of humor, the great reunion moment between 10 and Donna, and Rose's surprise cameo save this episode's otherwise week plot from being wholly awful.
Doctor Who: Love & Monsters (2006)
Starts out as decent addition, slowly declines.
I actually really enjoyed the first 3/4 of this episode. That was, until the monster is revealed and the rest of the episode becomes disturbingly bad.
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
Simply superb.
The Electrical Life of Louis Waine is one of those movies you go into thinking it will be a clichéd and derivative biopic. That, this movie is not. Every single shot in this movie is beautiful. Each and every shot is meticulously handled as do look as if they are a painting. They catch the eye and make even the dull plot points breathtaking.
The cast brings in fantastic performances, most notably the performance of Benedict Cumberbatch. Louis Waine is perhaps one of Cumberbatch's best performances.
For audiophiles, the score, composed by Arthur Sharpe is quite fantastical and whimsical. It was one of my favorite aspects of the movie as the score elevated and encompassed the emotions of not only the characters, but myself as the audience.
With elements of surrealism, drama, romance, subtle moments of comedy, and a compelling true-story, I hail The Electrical Life of Louis Waine as a must-see for any cinephile. It was simply superb.