The Hugo Awards were this past weekend. It’s the annual award show for science fiction and fantasy creative works. The award show took place at DisCon III, a science fiction convention held in Washington D.C. One of the sponsors for the event was Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, located in Arlington,...
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‘Dune’ continues its sandworm sized slide at the box office
Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune enjoyed its third consecutive weekend in U.S. theaters and it continued to under perform at the box office. Last weekend Dune earned only $15,413,486 averaging $3,736 per theater. This weekend it earned $7,620,000 averaging $2,148 per theater. Dune also was shown in less theaters than...
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Dune premiered in domestic theaters over the weekend and earned $40.1 million. At first glance, that might seem like the movie did fairly well its opening weekend. The problem is, first glances don’t always give you accurate information. When you factor in how many theater screens Dune appeared on this past weekend, that $40.1 million...
Read MoreDoes Denis Villeneuve want ‘Dune’ to flop at the box office?
Dune director Denis Villeneuve bashed the Marvel Cinematic Universe, claiming the popular movies are nothing more than “cut and paste” of other movies. From Insider: The Canadian filmmaker, who is best known for making big-budget blockbusters like “Arrival” and “Blade Runner 2049,” was asked about the MCU and whether he was pessimistic about the future...
Read MoreDenis Villeneuve knows more about ‘Dune’ than Frank Herbert
Dune, the $168 million Warner Bros. movie based on the first half of the science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, comes out on October 22. It will appear both on HBO Max and in movie theaters. I’m a huge fan of the novel. It remains to be seen if I will be a fan of...
Read MoreRemember when I called it quits on the ‘Expeditionary Force’ series?
Over a year ago, I decided to call it quits on the Expeditionary Force book series. I didn’t like how the audio drama Homefront contained story points crucial to the continuing story. You could not read the seventh book in the series, Renegades, and then continue to the eighth book in Armageddon. If you wanted to...
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