REVIEW: Dune [1984]

What can be done has been done. It’s impossible to watch David Lynch‘s adaptation of Frank Herbert‘s Dune without wondering where the rest of it is. You can’t necessarily blame the director, though. He was a hired hand in many respects who hadn’t even heard of the novel when approached after many other versions (one famously spearheaded by Alejandro Jodorowsky) had failed. Lynch read the classic, loved it, and initially fleshed out a way to tell it in two films (much like what’s currently happening with Denis Villeneuve at the…

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DESIGN: 2021 In Music

Tracklisting:Disc 11. “Leda” • Dickon Hinchliffe • 02:15 • The Lost Daughter OST, Maisie Music Publishing, LLC2. “Soledad” • Bomba Estéreo • 03:37 • Deja, Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC3. “Forget” • Roosevelt • 05:08 • Polydans, City Slang4. “hold yourself.” • Tune-Yards • 04:51 • sketchy., 4AD Ltd.5. “LEMON SWAYZE (ft. Ratatat)” • KUNZITE • 05:18 • VISUALS, Lowly / Wilder6. “Intuit” • Barbarossa • 03:31 • Love Here Listen, Memphis Industries7. “Hyacinth” • serpentwithfeet • 03:19 • DEACON, Secretly Canadian8. “If I Got It (Your Love Brought…

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REVIEW: Test Pattern [2021]

Just hear me. Okay? Renesha (Brittany S. Hall) moved to Austin for grad school and stayed upon earning a lucrative job in corporate America. Money has a way of excusing many of the social inequities a state like Texas has for a Black woman because it often provides an avenue around them. And when she meets the shyly sensitive Evan (Will Brill), things seemingly get even easier. The two fall in love, buy a house together, and find themselves in the sort of happy state of living that allows for…

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