Cruella

What a delightfully skewered look at both the fashion industry and a beloved children’s story and how our perceptions are turned completely upside-down and wrapped in dots.  Estella (Emma Stone) is an unusual girl who can, with a flick of a pencil and a snip of the pinking shears, turn literal trash into divine.  It’s almost like she’s Malificent with a sewing machine, only she’s not magical, just, very self-relient.  There’s a reason this film won Best Costume and it’s because it’s literally about the fashion industry combined with the Devil Wears Prada and revenge (well, that would make it the fashion industry, I guess).  The music’s not bad, either.  I’ve always said, when I get my opportunity to travel to London, I’m heading to Carnaby Street, the land of Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton.  How much is that doggy in the window?  The one that’s heisting a rock the size of walnut? Love, love, love this film, the two Emmas, and supporting cast.  Rating:  Chanel, Armani, Gucci, House of DeVil.