Legendary filmmaker Mike Lee returns to the contemporary world with a gritty, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of family and the thorny bonds that bind us. Reuniting with Lee for the first time since the multiple Oscar-nominated Secrets and Lies, the stunning Marianne stars as Jean-Baptiste Pansy, a fear-ridden, grief-stricken woman driven to unleash angry, violent attacks on her husband, her son, and anyone who crosses her path. Meanwhile, her quiet younger sister, played by Michelle Austin (Another Year), is a single mother whose life is as different from their conflicted nature as her salon clients. This expansive film by a master of theater takes us into the intensity of kinship, duty, and human mysteries: Even through lives filled with pain and hardship, we find ways to love those we call family.
This series uses material from the Great Schools of Dune trilogy, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J
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Two Harkonnen sisters battle forces that threaten the future of humanity and found the legendary sect that would become known as the Bene Gesserit. Whether exploring the stars, escaping dystopias, or making the world a better place, these women are what science fiction is all about. Anderson. A prequel to the original Dune, it tells the story of how the Sisterhood of Rossak evolved into the Bene Gesserit.
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The incident with Valya Harkonnen using the voice is from one called «Mentats of Dune». All three books intertwine the development of the Sisterhood, the Mentats, the Navigators, and the Suk Doctors. I don’t mean to be critical of just the first episode of a TV show, but this was just average on all levels. The acting was subpar, except for a few well-known actors like Mark Strong, Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, and maybe Travis Fimmel.
The story was very light, and the dialogue wasn’t Dune-worthy
The rest of the cast felt like they just came out of film academy or something. I like slow-moving dramas that take forever to build because I know the payoff is worth the wait. But this wasn’t just slow, a lot of stuff happened, but it was just boring, I don’t know how else to put it. The soundtrack that made the movies go a little off here, with some familiar sounds popping up here and there, but it just wasn’t well-timed.
My question is, did he like it when it was made?
It was like I heard a lot of music here that didn’t really have any effect. I remembered how long in movies we’d just walk around with people talking and then boom, Hans Zimmer would do his magic and I’d be hooked. But I know he wasn’t part of any of the sound here, and I don’t even need to check. I’m not sure Denis Villeneuve was involved in this production, I hope not.
Food for thought
Would a regular TV show like this after two epic movies have any effect on the highly anticipated third movie? The reason I’m wondering is because The Penguin was so good that it made me appreciate The Batman even more than I did after watching it, and I can’t wait for the second movie. So how would Dune: Prophecy impact the third movie, if there is one.
Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season with his most exciting adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles and Tails reunite to face a powerful new foe, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike any they’ve faced before. With their abilities surpassing them in every way, Team Sonic must seek an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Shaw has been in love with Rule ever since she saw him, but Rule doesn’t see her as a suitable partner, but a night of alcohol and secrets leads them to question if they can be together without destroying their relationship.
A good couple in a bad situation plans one last trip to the cabin, but when an obnoxious fifth wheel shows up, they worry about more than just their relationship being in jeopardy.
Nature of the Crime follows three incarcerated men as they prepare for their upcoming parole interviews after decades in prison. The documentary reflects on their crimes, their rehabilitation, and the criteria for their potential release, while exploring the inner workings of parole boards. The result is a moral inquiry into a criminal justice system…
This star-studded tribute brings into focus the dazzling, complex period of Liza Minnelli’s life starting in the 1970s, just after the tragic death of her mother Judy Garland–as she confronts a range of personal and professional challenges on the way to becoming a bona fide legend. Over these years, Liza seeks out extraordinary mentors: Kay Thompson, Fred Ebb, Charles Aznavour, Halston, and Bob Fosse. With insightful participation from a coterie of colleagues such as Michael Feinstein, Mia Farrow, Ben Vereen, Joel Gray and the late Chita Rivera, along with the revelatory participation by the star herself, the film illuminates the contradiction of Liza Minnelli: her privilege and struggle , strength and vulnerability, unreal expectations and towering talent–the friction of which fueled her stunning rise, resilience and her enduring place as one of the greatest, most original performers in the history of entertainment.
Everyone’s favorite criminals are back, and this time they have company. In the new, action-packed chapter of DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed comedy hit about a bad-ass gang of animal criminals, our now reformed bad guys ask (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves embroiled in a risky, global heist orchestrated by a new gang of criminals who they never expected: bad girls.
Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth when they worked together in the same magazine. Ingrid became an auto fiction writer, and Marta became a war reporter, and life circumstances separated them. After many years of separation, they meet again in an extreme but strangely cute situation.
