Showing posts with label Janelle Monáe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Janelle Monáe. Show all posts

Thursday, 10 June 2021

Welcome to Marwen (2018)


 

A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.

Well-intentioned and heartfelt drama based on a true story presents some great special effects and godd performances by Carrell and Mann, but there's an unbalance between its fantasy and reality segments, so that the real-life scenes seem more artificial than the imagined ones.


 


Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Hidden Figures (2016)



The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.

Well-meant, likeable vindication of the female African-American's participation in NASA is professionally staged with an excellent cast, but is disappointing in its bending the singular success stories into white savior tales.


Sunday, 3 March 2019

Moonlight (2016)



A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

Brilliantly written and directed study of  a young man's struggle with concepts and restraints of masculinity and identity; multi-layered and with stellar performances throughout.


Monday, 16 April 2018

Hidden Figures (2017)


A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program's first successful space missions.