Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Brian Lloyd, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
So this week, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two.
House Atreides has fallen to an ambush by their old rivals, House Harkonnen. Rumous swirl of the Emperor’s involvement in this scheme. However, as the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen schemes to get spice production back up to targets, not all members of House Atreides lie buried in the desert sand. Paul Atreides unites with the Fremen, and charts a course towards revenge.
At time of recording, it was ranked 12th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 16th March 2024.
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- Cam Winstanley at Read Only Memory considers the production and development of Westwood’s Dune II.
- Brian Lloyd talks to Denis Villeneuve for entertainment.ie, February 2024.
- Denis Villeneuve talks to Time about his future plans for the Dune franchise, January 2024.
- Tom Brook at BBC considers Alejandro Jodorowsky’s aborted adaptation of Dune, October 2014.
- Pamela McClintock at The Hollywood Reporter considers the outcome of Warner Bros.’ “project popcorn”, October 2021.
- Denis Villeneuve writes at Variety about his reaction to “project popcorn”, December 2020.
- Anthony D’Alessandro and Justin Kroll at Deadline reports on Warner Bros. announcement of a sequel to Dune, October 2021.
- Guy Lambert at BBC reports on the decision to delay Dune: Part Two due to the ongoing actors’ strike, August 2023.
- Lindsey Bahr at The Independent considers whether Dune: Part Two is comparable to The Empire Strikes Back, February 2024.
- Roxana Hadadi at Vulture considers the “desert problem” facing Dune, October 2021.
- Roxana Hadadi at Vulture criticises the representation in Dune: Part Two, March 2024.
- David Peterson talks to The New Yorker about inventing the Fremen language for Dune, March 2024.
- Haris A. Durrani at The Washington Post considers the influence of Islam on Frank Herbert’s Dune, October 2021.
- Lindsey Romain at The Nerdist considers how much of Star Wars derives from Dune, March 2024.
- Jenny Melzer and Nicholas Brooks at Comic Book Resources consider J.R.R. Tolkien’s criticisms of Dune, March 2024.
- Tom Nicholson at The Telegraph considers the influence of psychedelic drugs on Frank Herbert’s Dune, March 2024.
- Nathaniel Scharping at BBC considers the Oregon dunes that inspired Frank Herbert to write Dune, March 2024.
- Nicole Sperling at The New York Times profiles Tom Cruise as the last real movie star, May 2022.
- Tatiana Siegel at The Hollywood Reporter profiles Leonardo DiCaprio as the last movie star, July 2019.
- Scott Mendelson at Forbes argues that Chris Hemsworth is not a movie star, December 2015.
- Wendy Ide at The Guardian writes about Hollywood’s ageing movie stars, May 2023.
- Ellen Gamerman at The Wall Street Journal contemplates whether Dune: Part Two can create a new generation of movie stars, February 2024.
- Rebecca Alter writes at Vulture about her experience of attending a 4DX screening of Dune: Part Two, March 2024.
- Denis Villeneuve talks to Times of London about his feelings concerning dialogue in movies, February 2024.
- Beau North at Digital Spy considers Dune as a hybrid of Hamlet and Lawrence of Arabia, February 2024.
- Brett M. Rogers considers the relationship between Dune and Greek tragedy in Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus, January 2017.
- Christopher Walken talks to The Daily Actor about playing Emperor Shaddam IV in Dune: Part Two, March 2024.
- Jon Spaihts talks to Mashable about how Dune: Part Two sets up an adaptation of Dune: Messiah, March 2024.
- Joshua M. Patton at Comic Book Resources considers Frank Herbert’s opinion of superheroes, July 2023.
- David Hudson at Criterion writes about Frank Herbert’s wariness of heroes, November 2021.
- Brian Phillips at The Ringer considers “the magic dick theory” of Dune: Part Two, February 2024.
- Ryan Britt and Hoai-Tran Bui at Inverse consider the portrayal of the Bene Gesserit in Dune and Dune: Part Two, February 2024.
- Denis Villeneuve talks to Den of Geek about his decision to focus his adaptation of Dune on the Bene Gesserit, February 2024.
- Tom Huddleston at The Guardian considers the adaptational changes between Frank Herbert’s books and Denis Villeneuve’s films, February 2024.
- Denis Villeneuve talks to Entertainment Weekly about his decision to cut Stephen McKinley Henderson from Dune: Part Two, February 2024.
- Ryan Britt at Inverse considers Denis Villeneuve’s decision to cut the character of Count Fenring – and the actor Tim Blake Nelson – from Dune: Part Two, March 2024.
- Palmer Haasch at Business Insider considers Austin Butler’s baldness in Dune: Part Two, March 2024.
- Austin Butler talks to Jimmy Kimmel Live about Christopher Walken’s advice on doing Saturday Night Live, February 2024.
- Kristy Puchko at CinemaBlend reports on how Christopher Walken amuses himself on film sets, September 2014.
- Darren Mooney writes at The Escapist about how Oppenheimer deconstructs the great man theory of history, July 2023.
- Darren Mooney writes at Second Wind about how Napoleon deflates the mythology of its title character, November 2023.
- Darren Mooney writes at Second Wind about Dune: Part Two as the study of the powerlessness of powerful men, March 2024.
- Darren Mooney writes at Second Wind about how much Dune: Part Two owes to the Godfather films, March 2024.
- Denis Villeneuve talks to Empire about the similarities between Paul Atreides and Michael Corleone, May 2020.
- Brian Viner at The Daily Mail considers Oscar Isaac as “the heir to Pacino”, January 2015.
- Entertainment Weekly reflect on Oscar Isaac as “a sort of heir to Al Pacino”, March 2022.
- Zack Sharf at Variety reports on the improvised kiss between Austin Butler and Stellan Skarsgård in Dune: Part Two, March 2024.
- Matt Richtel at The New York Times reports on “the Dune popcorn bucket”, March 2024.
- Saturday Night Live celebrates “the Dune popcorn bucket”, February 2024.
- The Nerdist asks Rebecca Ferguson about “the Dune popcorn bucket”, March 2024.
- Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya advertise Dune: Part Two for Cinépolis, February 2024.
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I really enjoyed the Pod this week. I love it when Darren is really excited about a movie. I can really feel the energy. Keep it up guys. I can’t wait for the next one.