As I type this essay, students across the country are encamped in university quads. Protesting American Imperialism, by way of protesting their universities’ investments in war profiteers. They are most vocal about the final obliterations of Gaza. As a longtime educator and chaplain in Chicago, I have current students in those encampments, as well as … Read more
Dune filmmaker Denis Villeneuve will reteam with Legendary for an adaptation of Annie Jacobson’s cautionary tale Nuclear War: A Scenario. After Christopher Nolan’s award-winning success with Oppenheimer, Denis Villeneuve, another of Hollywood’s premiere directors, will tackle the threat of nuclear fallout with an adaptation of Pulitzer Prize -finalist Annie Jacobsen’s non-fiction novel Nuclear War: A Scenario. The … Read more
Denis Villeneuve says that he’ll only make Dune: Messiah if he can be sure that it will be better than Part Two. Dune: Part Two has been a triumph, with many praising the sequel as one of the best sci-fi movies of all time; not only that, but it’s been kicking ass at the box … Read more
Most of what I cover here on ScreenCrush are blockbusters. These are the movies with the biggest budgets in history. And yet lately, I find that more and more of them look downright bad. I don’t know if they’re made by directors lacking in vision or hands-on effects experience, or they’re worked on by too many disparate … Read more
Frank Herbert’s Dune took a while to become a bestseller, but once it did, the book’s popularity essentially allowed Herbert to spend the rest of his life writing Dune sequels. Herbert penned six Dune novels in total, including Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune. Denis Villeneuve’s film of Dune adapted just half of Herbert’s … Read more