The Gigantic, Glorious ‘Dune: Part Two’ Squishes Other Epics Like Ants

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Take the biggest movie you’ve ever seen and multiply by 100. The result: this brilliant sci-fi sequel.

A photo including a still from the film Dune: Part Two
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Everything about 2021’s Dune was colossal—except its conclusion. Closing on a cliffhanger at the very moment its tale was getting started, Denis Villeneuve’s 155-minute epic couldn’t escape the fact that, for all its breathtaking strengths, it was a prologue in need of a follow-up.

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