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A Conversation with John Hodgman about 'Dune,' Pt. 2

A Conversation with John Hodgman about 'Dune,' Pt. 2

Scott Tobias

In which the author and humorist gets the 'Dune' of his dreams, but wonders if the era that made it "filmable" is also an era in which it's unnecessary.

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A Conversation with John Hodgman about 'Dune,' Pt. 1

A Conversation with John Hodgman about 'Dune,' Pt. 1

Scott Tobias

In the first of our two-part discussion on all things 'Dune,' Hodgman talks about his emotionally charged first encounter with the David Lynch film and a Peter Berg version that never happened.

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Minding the Gaps: 'Walking Tall Part 2' (1975): "My children are motherless because of the man at the top"

Minding the Gaps: 'Walking Tall Part 2' (1975): "My children are motherless because of the man at the top"

Keith Phipps

A sequel to an unexpected hit doubles as a window into how legends get formed and a past decade's hunger for tales of backwoods justice.

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In Review: 'Dune,' 'The French Dispatch,' 'Halloween Kills'

In Review: 'Dune,' 'The French Dispatch,' 'Halloween Kills'

Scott Tobias Keith Phipps

It's Two-mothée Chalamet week as the young star stars in a half-finished but rousing take on Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic and Wes Anderson's latest. Also: 'Halloween Kills' does not slay.

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Dreams of Arrakis: The quixotic allure of Frank Herbert's 'Dune'

Dreams of Arrakis: The quixotic allure of Frank Herbert's 'Dune'

Scott Tobias

As a new half-adaptation opens this week, there are lessons to be learned from two previous attempts by major directors — one a bomb, one never produced.

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1991: A Summer at the Movies, the Best Job I Ever Had, and What Came After

1991: A Summer at the Movies, the Best Job I Ever Had, and What Came After

Keith Phipps

Some reflections on working at a movie theater 30 years ago, things left behind, things lost, and hours spent watching films like 'V.I. Warshawski'

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