I don’t have it in me to write too much today. I’ve been focused on new contributors/features for foofaraw, designing a printable version, and other stuff to improve the newsletter and site.

I did take some screen grabs of Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter to start introducing and thinking about data in these issues as well. Let me know if you have any thoughts or suggestions with those.

Top of the News

The Sterile Spectacle of “Dune: Part Two”

• Review of Dune: Part Two from the new New Yorker film reviewer, Justin Chang.

• See also from NYer: “Dune” and the Delicate Art of Making Fictional Languages

Below the Fold

Videos

• DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD | Official Trailer | In US Theaters March 22

• I Saw The TV Glow | Official Trailer HD | A24

Reviews

• Shogun review on Roger Ebert

• The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin review

TV

• Nick Offerman, Betty Gilpin Join ‘Death by Lightning’ Series From ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators

• ‘The Rings of Power’ Showrunners Sign New Amazon Deal, Begin Early Work on Season 3 (Exclusive)

• ‘Neuromancer’ TV Adaptation a Go at Apple

Music

• Pino Palladino Never Met a Song He Couldn’t Play

Comics

• ABSOLUTE POWER changes the hierarchy of power in the DCU

• Alan Moore's Last Comic to Be Published in 2024

Movies

• Liam Neeson to Star in Naked Gun Reboot

Misc.

• Amazon Studios Hit With ‘Road House’ Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Involving AI Abuse Claims

• Larry David, Jamie Lee Curtis and Cheryl Hines Remember Richard Lewis: “Funniest Person and Also the Sweetest”

• Paramount+ Hits 67.5M Subscribers As Streaming Loss Shrinks to $490M

• Dan Lin Tapped to Replace Scott Stuber as Netflix Film Boss (Exclusive)

• Disney Inks $8.5B Deal to Merge India Business With Reliance Industries

• Paramount, Citing Experiment During Strikes, to Cut Costs Per Title For Films, Series

• A Louis Armstrong Musical Is Coming to Broadway This Fall