'Dune: Part Two' Review: Denis Villeneuve Cooks a Dense Sci-Fi Epic With Bolder Savory Spice

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'Dune: Part Two' Review: Denis Villeneuve Cooks a Dense Sci-Fi Epic With Bolder Savory Spice

Should be regarded as the golden standard of studio blockbuster filmmaking and storytelling.

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His diehard fans will love this and while I appreciated certain moments, I wish it offered more to make me go that extra mile.

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‘The French Dispatch’ Review

I was overwhelmed while watching this film because it’s the Wes Andersoniest Wes Anderson movie to ever Wes Anderson.

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Only Amanda Kramer could make me believe that being inanimate feels more exciting than being alive.

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September 5 is so wrapped up in trying to be apolitical with this pivotal moment in media journalism history that it forgot to instill humanity or a moral compass.

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'Dune: Part Two' Review: Denis Villeneuve Cooks a Dense Sci-Fi Epic With Bolder Savory Spice

'Crimes of the Future' Review: David Cronenberg Returns With a Reflective yet Unfocused Horror Flick

‘The French Dispatch’ Review

‘No Time to Die’ Review

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