Cherry Bomb! Finally saw the screening of the most buzzed about film of the festival, The Runaways, starring Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie and Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett and directed by acclaimed video artist Floria Sigismondi. The film about the groundbreaking girl band is based on Cherie's novel "Neon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story" so while the film traces the rise and fall of The Runaways, it mainly concentrates on the relationship between the two leading ladies. This film turns all the cliches of the rock n roll biopic on its head- the musical numbers, the hot costumes, the drugs, the guys (and the girls)- and is elevated by the electric performances of Fanning and Stewart and the cinematography which captures that moment in the 70s when rock history was changed forever. And who could resist V cover girl Dakota Fanning lip syncing to Bowie circa Aladdin Sane in her school talent show! This one is sure to get all the Twi-hards to the theaters when Apparition Films releases it on March 19th. source
~Robstenfan
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