Denis Villeneuve and his all-star cast return to the desert planet of Arrakis, with the second part of his adaptation of Dune. The Harkonnens have taken over Arrakis and House Atreides has fallen. However, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and his mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) survived the attack and joined the Fremen in the depths […]
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Arrow Blu-ray Review: Dune (1984)
Dune is considered one of the greatest sci-fi novels ever published. Seeing that the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is about to be released it is a good time to revisit David Lynch’s version of Dune and Arrow Video’s re-release. In the distant future, the known universe is ruled by the Padishah Emperor and a feudal system of government functions. […]
Dune: Part One Review
Dune, the complex, winding novel from Frank Herbert, isn’t the easiest read. Its timeline can become twisted, its plot is at times quite dense, the scale and scope of the epic massive and at times wholly unwieldy, and it takes a good bit of time for the real narrative arc to reveal itself, before things […]
Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #26: Simultaneous Releasing
Kieran and Jean talk about the potential impact of simultaneous releasing on the film industry
Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #9: The Future of Cinema
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the future of cinema.
Warner Brothers, HBO Max, and the Future of Film Distribution
Since the pandemic has struck the film distribution model has been disrupted. Many companies have tried and failed to make a profit from the Premium Video-on-Demand. Warner Brothers have made the radical decision to release all their 2021 scheduled films in cinemas and HBO Max at the same time. Reactions to Warner Brothers’ has been […]