The idea of a “Dune” remake bothers me, mostly because I’m a huge, salivating fan of David Lynch’s ambitious 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic novel. It’s certainly a flawed film, and I completely understand that it does not adequately capture the overall...

“Transformers 2″. Last week was full of “Transformers 2″ movie news. I don’t know if that’s the result of Michael Bay’s “Operation Confusion” moving full steam ahead, but it seems unlikely. More remakes of sci-fi classics and not-so-much classics,...

Okay, so listing this rumored movie news item under “Dune (2009)” is being a bit optimistic, but what the hey, I’m just that kind of guy. News from Aint-it-Cool-News is that Paramount is looking to acquire the rights to Frank Herbert’s Dune books for director Peter Berg (”The...