If being sandblasted by giant worms, slashed at by swivel-eyed maniacs and terrorized by floating middle-aged men with the bodies of squished marshmallows is your idea of a good time, then look no further than Dune: Part Deux. Denis (Villeneuve) menaces the screen for almost every second of this interminable yet brilliantly staged near-three-hour tour de force. His directing tools are stark camera angles, epic vistas, state-of-the-art visual effects, blatantly fascist imagery and (possibly most effectively) a cohesive and sometimes…
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American Fiction 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
A great concept comedy that doesn't quite follow through on its promise. The humor surrounding the trend-driven, diversity-minded publishing world is diluted by a run-of-the-mill family B-plot. In the second act, that family drama overtakes the main story, occupying too much screen time, and even falling victim to the very story-by-committee flaws that the movie aims to satirize: for example, the inclusion of the cliched, troubled, gay brother, the senile mother, and the chance encounter with a neighbor who too…
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