In Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve mirrors narrative and relationship patterns from Dune: Part One in order to amplify the film’s dramatic impact.
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Digging into Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, focusing on its immersive cinematic experience, its role as an adaptation, and its visuals and sound.
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Zack Snyder’s genre pastiche attempts to deconstruct the role of women in popular culture with this action fantasia, but isn’t entirely successful.
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In Part 2 the Brothers discuss The Rise of Skywalker’s links to the past, its world building, and how it concludes the Disney Trilogy.
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The Brothers offer first impressions on The Rise of Skywalker and discuss its furious pace, Expanded Universe vibe, and controversial narrative twists.
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Rian Johnson’s idiosyncratic middle chapter subverts our narrative expectations in order to explore the core of what he thinks Star Wars is all about.
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The Force Awakens manages to deliver a great deal of the thrills and emotional resonances of Star Wars, but mining the past to build the future always comes with a cost.
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Ex Machina was a promising debut and a superior work of science-fiction, but Annihilation is on a whole other level.
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The Brothers close out their discussion of The Last Jedi, focusing on the film's politics, visual invention, continuity with The Force Awakens and the Prequel Trilogy.
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The Brothers continue their discussion of The Last Jedi, focusing on its premise, what it does with the Force, the new characters, and the big death.
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The Brothers begin their discussion of the divisive new film in the Star Wars series, The Last Jedi, focusing on shattered expectations, connections to the Original and Prequel Trilogies, and the film's controversial choices.
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The 3 Brothers discuss the film as a reboot or remake, fandom, Han Solo, and the ending.
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The 3 Brothers discuss the good and the bad of the new Star Wars film.
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How do we determine if an artificial intelligence is conscious?
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Inside Llewyn Davis is a beautiful and darkly humourous film about pursuing artistic and personal success.
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