In the following review, Wilmington assesses Lynch's use of dark, obsessive, and bizarre visual imagery in Dune, noting that the film as a whole is not necessarily successful.
The multimilli...
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In the following excerpt, O'Brien criticizes Dune, describing the film as unoriginal and meaningless.
Dune and Starman—two … big budget sci-fi films—provide major disapp...
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Federal land managers trying to keep a rare butterfly off the list of endangered species have closed dozens of off-road vehicle trails at one of the largest sand dunes in the West.The closure affec...
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On nights when the wind hisses across the dunes, the old man sits on his straw mat, draws a blanket around his shoulders and counts his money.In the morning, Sidahmed Ould Magaya, 75, will be trapp...
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Two prides of lions stretched luxuriously in the midday sun, casting an occasional lazy glance at crowds of zebras, impalas and giraffes waiting anxiously for a turn to quench their thirst at the w...
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The Meyers Manx dune buggy should have made Bruce Meyers a very wealthy man. And for a short time, it did. But like the swells of the Pacific Ocean that were such a pivotal part of Meyers's life, r...
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Windhoek/Cape Town (dpa) - From a confluence of cultures to
shifting sand dunes high above the Atlantic Ocean - the new Cape to
Namibia route for self-drivers links the bust...
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Kolobrzeg, Poland (dpa) The yellow eyes peer out of the darkness
and only hours after enjoying a meal of freshly grilled woodland
mushrooms, the holidaymakers find th...
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A group of "dune dwellers" who live in the Cape Cod shacks where writers such as Jack Kerouac and Norman Mailer sought solitude have lost their bid for a special cultural designation usually reserv...
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Shrinking dunes. Crumbling lighthouses. Decimated populations of native trout and clams. These are among a long list of threats to national parks and lakeshores in the Great Lakes region, a nonprof...
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Wind, a lack of rain and generous sunshine have combined to keep beaches on the southern shore of Lake Michigan bacteria-free and inviting to swimmers so far this summer.Beach closings due to high ...
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates--The spectacular swirls of fine Arabian sand churning off the Cayenne Turbo S's wheels tell most of the story. With 520 bhp issuing forth from its 4.5-liter twin-turbo V...
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Critical Review by Michael Wilmington
Nev. dunes restricted to help butterfly
