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'Dune' (12A)

Director:  Denis Villeneuve Cast:  Timothee Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya Where can I watch?:   Dune  is in cinemas now Rating:  3.5/5 Review: Denis Villeneuve is hot property right now. In the last 10 years alone, he's directed some of the most celebrated films in Hollywood, from the gritty, psychological dramas of Prisoners and Sicario  to the visually stunning, considered-nigh-impossible Blade Runner 2049 . Sticking with cult sci-fi, Villeneuve now tackles Frank Herbert's Dune , bringing with him an A-list cast and one of the greater composers working today, Hans Zimmer.  The first in a trilogy, Dune was always going to be weighed down by the sheer size, scale, politics and history of Herbert's Imperium. It's no surprise, therefore, that the film takes a little while to get going while we're introduced to all the moving pieces, including Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet, looking his most brooding and most ethereal). Luckily, what the film lac