Films like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) reads as Cosy, breathless, gentle action / adventure, surreal in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) poster
1. Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams2002

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) poster
2. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over2003

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Spy Kids (2001) poster
3. Spy Kids2001

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Grand Day Out (1990) poster
4. A Grand Day Out1990

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) poster
5. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian2009

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Osmosis Jones (2001) poster
6. Osmosis Jones2001

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) poster
7. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius2001

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) poster
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze1991

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) poster
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1990

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Cats & Dogs (2001) poster
10. Cats & Dogs2001

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Planet 51 (2009) poster
11. Planet 512009

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) poster
12. Journey to the Center of the Earth2008

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

These are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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