Hidden Figures movie review: Three women fight misogyny to send a man into space. Hidden Figures. Director: Theodore Melfi. Cast: Taraji P Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner. Rating: 4/5. Unlike what our present circumstances would have us believe, right now is not so bad for seeking equality of gender and races. Hidden Figures, however, tells the story of the struggle for acceptance. Adapted from the bestselling book by Margot Lee Shetterly and helmed by second- time director Theodore Melfi, the film is based on the true stories of three black women working for Nasa in 1.

United States of America. These women, played by Taraji P Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, were key to sending a man into space and hence launching a journey to later reach the moon. Hidden Figures is a hopeful, inspiring recognition of the personal fights against racism and misogyny that these and so many other women had to face to realise their dreams. Hidden Figures is based on the true stories of three black women working for Nasa in 1.

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United States of America. It is the early 6. US and Russia to make the space their home had never been more gruelling. In the many meeting rooms at Nasa, where men struggle with numbers and women strut around in high heels, there are three black women who deserve to be the ones at the forefront of the mission rather than just ‘compute’ numbers in a basement. Katherine Goble (Henson) gets an opportunity to join the big league, where ideas are floated and decisions are made. Only too bad for her, no ‘coloured’ man had ever been selected for it, let alone a ‘coloured’ woman.

There is a separate empty kettle for her tea but not a separate bathroom for her. To relieve herself, she has to run to the other end of the campus, half- a- mile away to the ‘coloured ladies room’. Despite all these challenges, her brilliance as a mathematician makes sure she shines the brightest among her tea- fed, often relieved, white male colleagues.

There is a clear demarcation between who is good and who is wrong and the moral compass is wound up tight. Watch Countdown To Zero Online Hitfix. Dorothy Vaughan (Spencer), who fears becoming obsolete with the installation of the computers, the kind we know now by that name, decides to teach herself and her fellow black women employees to work on the machines. Mary Jackson (Monae) aspires to be an engineer at Nasa, something no African American women had ever done. Their struggle is what drives the story forward and their success is what rewards us. Melfi does a stellar job of keeping his film simple and still managing to get so many emotions out of it. There is an all- too- familiar trope: The underdog protagonist is met with challenges but wins over them in the end.

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But because Hidden Figures manages to apply the formula effectively to tell an already inspiring story, it all works in the film’s favour. There is a clear demarcation between who is good and who is wrong and the moral compass is wound up tight. We know who to root for and who to judge for their bigotry, making it easy for everyone to enjoy the film without being bothered to look for nuances, just basking in one wholesome emotion at a time.

When a man insults a woman, she firmly gets angry and so you get angry. When a figure of authority dismantles a symbol of prejudice, you feel elated like everyone else in the scene. When a man proposes to a woman, you only feel joy, like the protagonist and all those around her. All the three lead actors are allowed their moment of brilliance. After walking out of the theatre and letting the film soak in your mind, you will remember the film as a whole for being as inspiring and as fulfilling as it was. However, you will remember Henson for her calling out her racist co- workers, Spencer for her conversation with Kristen Dunst in the ladies room and Monae for when she approached the bench.

A single scene in each one’s kitty. Watch Clueless Online Forbes here. Thus, it becomes difficult to digest Spencer’s Oscar nomination for the film. Nitpicking aside, this is a heart- warming film and not one to be missed if you have lately been running low on inspiration in life. Let the stories of three geniuses tell you how a woman, despite several hurdles, can still cross the finish line. While it may be difficult to see her in the crowd, we know she is there, running and leaping over the bars. In good time, we will be able to see her and she won’t stay hidden anymore.

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Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – The Commuter Review. Villordsutch reviews Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “The Commuter”…The latest serving of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, titled “The Commuter”, was originally published way back in 1.

Science Fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and is now brought up to date by Jack Thorne (creator of the excellent Fades) and directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders, Misfits). Ed Jacobson (played be the brilliant Timothy Spall) is trapped within his own life. His daily job as a train station employee finds him dealing with numerous confused customers, sorting out blocked toilets, and fishing the odd tea- bag out of the bin to satisfy the need for a brew. Outside of his workplace we discover his home life isn’t any better.  The street in which he lives upon is strewn with rubbish, muffled music echoes from random houses and run down cars are parked across pavements. Yet, things become even more testing when Ed enters his family home, as we discover his son Sam (Anthony Boyle) has uncontrollable violent outbursts, and he releases his rage at his own mother Mary (Rebecca Manley).

During a standard day at the ticket office, Ed is asked for a ticket to Macon Heights, a town which to both his and his supervisor Bob’s (Rudi Dharmalingam) extensive knowledge doesn’t exist; however when this is explained to the woman behind the counter she vanishes. The following day, with numerous stresses placed upon Ed, he follows some passengers aboard a train to see where they’re going, and around thirty minutes into the journey they open the doors and leap into a seemingly empty field; Ed quickly follows.  He eventually arrives at a small, newly built town – in the mist – called Macon Heights.  Entering a cafe and being served cake and tea from the waitress (Hayley Squires), he soon meets up with Linda (Tuppence Middleton), the woman from the station, who appears to be some sort of guide to this town. Eventually when it comes time to leave and as Ed walks home from the train station, his street has changed to a quiet idyllic location; not only this it appears both he and his wife never had a child together.

Reality has shifted somehow, though others are happy around them, Ed now has an itch he cannot scratch growing in his head. The Commuter is a complete different change of track (no pun intended) from our initial two previous episodes of Electric Dreams. Both The Hoodmaker and The Impossible Planet weren’t overly positive, I’ll give you that, but the elements added gave you a sense that “love comes through”.

Here in The Commuter, it is much more complicated.  This is a battle of enforced “what’s good for yourself and others” versus free will; on one hand you’re wondering why Ed didn’t take the happy life with his wife and run, but then – as a parent – I can easily see the other side of Ed’s coin.  Someone has taken his child, the love of his life, and he wants him back! If anything The Commuter and its rewrite from the original would quite possibly get a thumbs up from Philip K. Dick himself.  We still have running along the main story- line the shifting realities, which appear in a cluster of Mr. Dick’s tales (one of my favourites being “Flow my tears, the Policeman said”).

However, here we have the microcosm of Macon Heights enforcing a state controlled- like new life on a person(s) for their well- being. It’s only with fight and sheer want can you ever pull yourself away from this “better life”, even then you are tormented as Macon Heights shows you the ill- effects you are having on others around you.

This week’s episode is a serious watch – it’s not light sci- fi by any means – and unfortunately it may be a Marmite episode.   I certainly enjoyed what was served up, though I can see those not really big on their sci- fi, who may have enjoyed the opening two episodes of Electric Dreams, finding this episode a bit difficult to absorb. Rating: 7/1. 0@Villordsutch.