Dune: Prophecy Episode 4, “Twice Born,” introduces the Landsraad High Council from Frank Herbert's book series, but does this council still exist in Denis Villeneuve's book? Dune films? The Superior Council demonstrates that it has a very important role in Dune tradition; Your job is to resolve disputes between Houses, and there are many disputes to resolve. In Dune: Prophecy In episode 4, the sisters reveal Pruwet's murder to a handful of Houses, who then ask Harrow to replace the late Richeses on the High Council to investigate the crime. One of the biggest problems Dune: Prophecy is that it's…
Author: Ben Sherlock
Since Bird Ladyall Greta GerwigHis films have been adaptations – including his upcoming reboot of The Chronicles of Narnia – so, after finishing your work in Narniashe should go back to telling original stories. After Bird Lady putting her on the map as one of cinema's most exciting new voices, Gerwig got the chance to adapt one of her favorite novels for the screen: Louisa May Alcott, Little Women. When this proved to be an even bigger box office success, she was given a blockbuster budget to direct Margot Robbie's film. Barbie film. BarbieGerwig's massive box office success, becoming the…
The recently released poster of 28 years later is drumming up excitement for Danny Boyle's zombie reboot, but the poster images are already setting up its own sequel. The long-awaited sequel to 28 weeks later, 28 years later it will be the first installment of a planned trilogy. Theatrical release is slated for June 20, 2025, and is based on a script by Boyle and original writer Alex Garland. Last weekend, Sony revealed a disturbing poster for 28 years lateralong with a cryptic teaser trailer. Although it only lasts a few seconds, the 28 years later The teaser includes some…
The last season of Better call Saul brought some really dark endings for most of the main characters, but confirmed a happy ending for one Breaking Bad mainstay. The end of Better call Saul accompanied the end of Breaking Bad in some interesting ways. It showed that Jimmy McGill's new life in Nebraska wasn't a complete break from Saul Goodman after all. It brought back Marie Schrader to show her as a grieving widow intent on getting justice for her husband's death. Most Better call Saulthe characters themselves met a dark fate in the final season. Nacho Varga and Howard…
That Christmas is a great new original animated Christmas movie streaming on Netflix, but is the movie appropriate for kids to watch with their parents? That Christmas chronicles the interconnected lives of a large cast of characters as they reconnect with family and friends and deal with love and loneliness during the holiday season. The voice cast of That Christmas is led by Brian Cox as Santa Claus, with iconic actors like Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker and Bill Nighy in supporting roles. The well rated That Christmas marks Richard Curtis' long-awaited return to the Christmas film genre – based on…
Vin Diesel teased this Fast and Furious 11 will return to the franchise's street roots to bring the series full circle, but it's too late for that. When the Fast and Furious schedule started in 2001 with Fast and Furiouswas a relatively grounded action drama. I told the Breaking point-weird story of an FBI agent going undercover in an illegal street racing operation and becoming so enchanted by his charismatic leader that he doesn't want to report him. In the first few sequels, the franchise maintained this semi-grounded approach. But there Five quick and Fast and Furious 6by the time…
The Flintstones The film wasn't well-received by critics when it hit theaters in 1994, but 30 years later, it looks surprisingly great compared to today's soulless remakes of classic animation. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, The Flintstones adapts Hanna-Barbera's iconic cartoon about suburban cavemen into live action. John Goodman stars as Fred Flintstone alongside Rick Moranis as his best friend Barney Rubble and Elizabeth Perkins as his wife Wilma. Although it was a huge box office success The Flintstones was met with mostly negative reviews from critics. It has a dark appearance.”rotten” score of 23% on Rotten Tomatoes and publications…
Netflix has just released a new animated Christmas film, That Christmasadapted from a brilliant series of children's books by the director of one of the most beloved Christmas films of all time. That Christmas is the directorial debut of veteran animator Simon Otto, who previously worked as Head of Character Animation on How to train your dragon trilogy. Released on Netflix on December 4th, That Christmas is a wonderful new entry in the Christmas movie canon and a great holiday viewing option for families. When it comes to animated entertainment for the whole family, the first names are Disney and…
The producers of the cast of the James Bond series Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer in hopes of launching a separate spy franchise, but it fell through. Len Deighton published his first spy novel, The Ipcress fileshortly after the box office success of the first Bond film, Dr. No. When The Ipcress file became a bestseller, Bond producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli hired Deighton to write the script for the sequel, From Russia with love. Little of his script made it into the final film, but the producers enjoyed working with Deighton. Saltzman decided to adapt…
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation expanded the Vacation franchise set, introducing audiences to the larger Griswold family tree. John Hughes, who wrote the first Vacation film and co-wrote the second (and also wrote the original Satirize story on which the franchise is based), returned to write the script for Christmas Vacation. This holiday-themed trio imagines a disastrous Griswold family Christmas with a burned tree, an overcooked turkey, and pesky lights that don’t turn on when Clark wants them to. The previous Vacation the films focused entirely on Clark, Ellen and their children, but Christmas Vacation introduced the public to the larger…