******SANDWORM-SIZED SPOILERS!****** I’m a modest fan of the “Dune” franchise. I read Frank Herbert’s first book ages ago, and I have some knowledge of its many sequels and prequels. I’ve seen all the live-action incarnations of “Dune,” including 1984’s “Dune,” 2000’s SyFy “Dune” miniseries, its 2003 sequel “Children of Dune” (a miniseries that combined the…
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Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune Part 2” finishes the first book, inviting comparisons and a sequel…
******SANDWORM-SIZED SPOILERS!****** After seeing Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune Part 2” last weekend, I went into this column realizing that everyone and their mutated baby sisters would also be publishing reviews of the film. So I decided to offer something beyond just praise for this latest epic from Frank Herbert’s 60-year old sci-fi universe, by comparing how…
“Jodorowsky’s Dune” (2013) examines the landmark sci-fi film that never was…
The Almost Version of Dune. Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 novel “Dune” gave rise to many things that influence sci-fi fantasy cinema this day; its terminology (“spice mines”) and trappings have been seen in popular franchises like “Star Wars” and later space operas. Herbert’s book is a dense, complex allegory of western colonialism, with various powerful…
“Dune: Part One” (2021) is as good an adaptation as we’ll ever get…
*****SPICE-LADEN SPOILERS AHEAD!!***** Dune It Again. The path of Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 science fiction novel to the screen has been almost as harsh and dangerous as conditions on the desert world of Arrakis. Over the last five decades we’ve seen (and almost seen) a surreal, aborted Alejandro Jodorowksy adaptation (circa 1975), a colorful 1984…