Messiah Complex: “Dune”
“Dune” is an ambitious retelling of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic, but does it honor its author’s weirded-out visions?
Passion Play: “Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker”
One can practically smell the flop sweat on “The Rise of Skywalker” as it attempts to stick the landing on Disney’s Star Wars trilogy.
Breaking the Cycle: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017, Dir. Rian Johnson): For me, I
God Complex: “X-men: Apocalypse”
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016, Dir. Bryan Singer): While other comic book movies are about
History Repeats: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015, Dir. J.J. Abrams): Warning:
The Wrong Men: “The Two Faces of January”
Patricia Highsmith has always been difficult for cinema to decipher. As the