
Paul (Timothée Chalamet, right) and Chani (Zendaya) in Dune: Part Two
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No one, looking at the year that brought us Madame Web (a spin-off about a Spider-Man tutorial) and director’s cuts Rebel Moon Parts 1 and 2 (Director Zack Snyder’s appearance Star Wars) could seriously argue that big-screen sci-fi is in particularly healthy shape right now. The film itself is on the ropes, financially and artistically, but I’ll leave it to bigger boots than mine to walk through the post-apocalyptic wasteland that is modern…