Rating: Overflowing

Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, action, adventure, epic

Studios: Warner Bros pictures/Legendary pictures

Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Issac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Writers: Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve

Based on: the novel by Frank Herbert

Producers: Cale Boyter, Joe Caracciolo Jr, Mary Parent and Denis Villeneuve

Music by: Hans Zimmer

Rated: PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, some disturbing images and suggestive material

Runtime: 2 hr 35 min

Favorite Character: Duncan Idaho

Tagline: Beyond fear, destiny awaits

Quote: :My road leads into the desert.”- Paul Atreides

Fun Facts: The film’s opening title is known as ‘Dune part 1’ meaning there will be a part 2 in 2023.

It took 80 hours to apply makeup on Stellan Skarsgard to transform him into Baron Vlaadimir Harkonnen

Composer Hans Zimmer invented new musical instruments to make the film score sound foreign. 

There is little cgi in the movie as most effects are practical.

Summary: The son of the noble family has a vision of the girl in the desert planet of Arrakis, which is the same place he was sent to war.

The One Liner Review: Denis Villeneuve has carefully brought the long awaited film adaptation in theaters and IMAX and it worked! The all star cast and the beautiful visuals is why the film is pure Sci-Fi (think Star Wars and Game of Thrones combined). 

Rating: Full

Genre: Horror, Historic, Slasher, Thriller, Suspense, Teen

Studios: Netflix/Chernin Entertainment

Cast: Kiana Madeira, Ashley Zukerman, Gillian Jacobs, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr and Darrell Britt-Gibson

Director: Leigh Janiak

Writers: Phil Graziadei, Leigh Janiak and Kate Trefry

Based on: the Fear Street series by R. L. Stine

Producers: Kori Adelson, Peter Chernin, David Ready and Jenno Topping

Music by: Marco Beltrami and Anna Drubich

Rated: R for strong violence and gore, language, some sexuallity and brief drug use

Runtime: 114 min

Favorite Character: Josh Johnson

Tagline: End the Curse

Quote: “Full moon rises before nightfall. You know nothing good comes from those woods after sundown.”- Solomon Goode

Fun Fact: The books Deena used in the climax are actual Fear Street books.

Summary: The first half of the film takes place during 1666 and the rest are in 1994. In the movie, Deena learns the truth about the town legend and seeks to end the curse once and for all.

The Review: The third and final film in the trilogy feels like the third Back to the Future movie…and not in a bad way at all and you have Leigh Janiak to thank.