Dune: Part Two just had its release date moved up. Unfortunately, that date is not “tomorrow” but we’ll take what we can get. Spoilers of the Week April 24-29 Originally scheduled for release on November 3, the highly anticipated sci-fi film was then moved to March 15, 2024. Now, it has been shifted slightly to … Read more
Despite being delayed a number of times due to the pandemic and a general pre-release skepticism surrounding it, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune ended up being a well-liked film when it dropped in 2021. And even with a same day release on then-HBO Max, it ended up making a $402 million in theaters and securing several nominations … Read more
A scene from Ridley Scott’s 2017 Alien: Covenant.Image: 20th Century Fox Ridley Scott is no stranger to seeing new talent step into franchises he created—he did it with Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, a movie he recently said he regretted not directing himself. The veteran filmmaker is still going strong at 85 with Napoleon and Gladiator 2 … Read more
Léa Seydoux as Lady Margot Fenring in Dune: Part Two.Photo: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Barbie—a movie so big it had already won the U.S. box office in August—is also a movie so big that on Friday, it made the leap to IMAX for a one-week run. As usual, Barbie is on the forefront of what’s in … Read more
Earlier than anybody goes screaming to the feedback, we all know it’s not an area guitar—it’s a Baliset, the nine-stringed instrument performed by Josh Brolin’s Dune character, Gurney Halleck. Followers who hoped to glimpse it in Denis Villeneuve’s first movie now have much more cause to rely down the times to the sequel, as a … Read more