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Welcome to the cinematic world of "The Vault," a 2021 Spanish heist thriller that hangs around like that one friend who overstayed their welcome at a party. Directed by Jaume Balagueró, this film tries to get by on the classic tropes of the genre yet ends up taking the route less traveled—mostly because it’s lost and doesn’t know where it’s going.
Planet Dune, the movie that dares to ask: "What if we take all the epic grandeur of Dune and replace it with... well, whatever this is?" Directed by Tammy Klein and Glenn Campbell, and released in September 2021, this science fiction mockbuster is more of a cosmic comedic catastrophe than anything else. And you know what? I actually liked it.
The saga of "Dune" represents a captivating exploration of adaptation, ambition, and the artistic struggle to translate complex narratives from page to screen. From David Lynch's 1984 effort to Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" in 2021 and the recent "Dune: Part Two", each film provides a unique perspective on Frank Herbert's seminal work.