Dune Two stars Director: Denis Villeneuve Stars: Timoth é e Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsg å rd, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, Zendaya Rated: PG-13 Running time: 2:35 I have admired director Denis Villeneuve for quite some time. His films “Sicario” (2015), “Arrival” (2016) and “Blade Runner: 2049” (2017) blend incredible art direction, cinematography, and legitimately provocative existential plots into films that not only entertain, but stretch the boundaries of the genres in which they are categorized. So when I learned that Villeneuve would try to resurrect the Frank Herbert franchise that unsuccessfully came to the silver screen in 1984, I figured the advances in special effects, computer-generated imagery and Villeneuve’s direction would surely make it at least a standout in the science-fiction genre. Well, not so much. At times it is a resounding “meh.” At others, it is head-scratchingly confounding and just downright silly.