Dune

3 Stars (out of 4)

With this, the first of two chapters, director Denis Villeneuve smooths out the most cumbersome parts of Frank Herbert's original tale, providing enough ravishing spectacle to overcome the dull bits. The plot is the same, but this film only covers about half of the novel. The desert planet Arrakis is the source of a valuable drug, called "spice," that allows users to travel vast distances. Spice mining and distribution is controlled by the evil Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgard), whose armies also oppress the native Fremen people. Under orders from the emperor, Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac) takes over the stewardship of Arrakis, and moves there with his wife Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) and son Paul (Timothée Chalamet). Lady Jessica has been teaching Paul in the ways of the Bene Gesserit... More...

Top 10 Wes Anderson Movies, Ranked

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Moonrise Kingdom
4. Rushmore
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. Bottle Rocket
7. The French Dispatch
8. The Darjeeling Limited
9. Isle of Dogs
10. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

1. Halloween Kills
2. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
3. The Shattering
4. The French Dispatch
5. No Time to Die
6. The Last Duel
7. Dune
8. The Velvet Underground
9. Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
10. Black as Night

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