THIS JUST IN! The breathtaking trailer of DUNE Part 2 + tidbits on the new cast members: Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Lea Seydoux & Christopher Walken

Woo wee!!! Thank you WARNER BROS + Denis Villeneuve for brightening up this sleepy hump day with this glorious new trailer. I had already been anticipating it since the brief teaser yesterday promised us a longer trailer and it came exactly on time as promised at 9 AM PT/11 AM CST. Behold… https://youtu.be/Way9Dexny3w OH MY! …

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Five favorite scenes of Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE Part 1 – in anticipation of Part 2

Taking a bit of a break from reviewing #MSPIFF movies as I had too much going on today to work on any review. Wish I were at #CinemaCon this week! Twitter is all abuzz with footage of Dune Part 2 trailer which sounds absolutely phenomenal. Director Denis Villeneuve and stars Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya were …

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FlixChatter Review: The French Dispatch (2021)

For some reason I had missed this film when it was released last Fall, and I kind of forgotten about it until it arrived on HBO Max this weekend. I’m not a die-hard Wes Anderson fan, after all I haven’t seen Isle of Dogs yet, but I enjoyed Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, and The …

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FlixChatter Review: DON’T LOOK UP (2021)

In the climate we live in today, with global warming, political unrest AND pandemic wreaking havoc practically everywhere, do we need an apocalyptic movie about an extinction level event? I actually have been avoiding depressing apocalyptic movies these days, though sometimes I’m curious to see something because of the cast. Well, Adam McKay’s Don’t Look …

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FlixChatter Review: DUNE (2021)

Few films are as buzzy as DUNE in the past decade and after nearly a year delay, its eventual release date felt like it crept up on me all of sudden. The press screening was packed, which wasn’t always the case lately as most screenings have been barely half full. But DUNE felt like a …

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THIS JUST IN! Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE (2020) trailer

Woo wee!! Can you believe it's been five months since the first official FIRST LOOK photos of DUNE were released?! I remember hyperventilating then just looking at a bunch of photos, well... finally, the trailer is here! Behold... https://youtu.be/n9xhJrPXop4 ... I had been standing in front of my laptop since 10:45 CST... waiting w/ bated …

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Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE – what I’ve learned of the 2020 adaptation so far

Happy um-what-day-is-it? The days have become such a blur lately... and honestly, it's tough to keep motivated during the lockdown, and the not-knowing when this whole thing would actually end is the toughest part. Summer's practically been canceled, which if you've lived in places like Minnesota, that's so devastating given how fleeting Summer is and …

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