Rating: 3.5 out of 4
Running Time: 167 minutes
This film from Warner Bros. will be playing exclusively at theaters starting Friday, March 1.
The 1965 Frank Herbert science-fiction novel Dune has been a tricky one to adapt. There was a notable attempt to develop a movie that famously fell apart. And when an official film finally made it to screens in 1984, the results were visually striking but condensed and confusing.
That’s why many were pleasantly surprised by Dune: Part 1 from director/co-writer Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049). While it only told the first half of the novel, it was spectacularly mounted and the story benefited from the added...