Janelle Monáe has been spooling together the Jane 57821 chronology for nearly a decade now and with Dirty Computer both the fervor of her pop sensibility and the clear audacious world she crafts for her vision shine completely here. Now, as a movie, this doesn't flow totally well as it's not much more than a series of 'memories,' but every single set piece and costume pops out of the frame.
Can Janelle Monáe be a super pop star yet? Please?
I hold a particular indifference to a certain mold of comedy à la Grandma's Boy, Old School and any movie post-2000 that hails a "National Lampoon's" banner above the title. Sure, this puts me in a position that most critics have towards these comedies where the fans think that we simply "don't get it," and can't we just turn off judgment for a damn second and kick back with friends for 80 minutes to enjoy ourselves? Well I try, and…
David Lynch presents his greatest stride, giving us a surrealist pop dream that is as irresistible as it is confounding, raising a huge middle finger to Hollywood conventions while never compromising entertainment. Perhaps what the movie accomplishes best is the feeling of unease and disorientation - the camera twists and turns as much as layered plot and the constant dichotomy of tone never gives a comfortable dwelling. For every tender or erotic moment there is an underlying distortion, giving a…
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Film #1 of Scavenger Hunt #4 Challenge!
Task #1 : Film featuring reincarnation!
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As a huge fan of David Mitchell's style-driven, genre-smashing novel Cloud Atlas, I was hesitant about this film. How would the Wachowski's match Mitchell's penchant for capturing the different stories and ages through his use of language? And how would they wrap six vastly different, tangentially related stories into a single cohesive film?
Well they did it, and the result is fantastic. Six stories…
