The resounding success of movies like Avatar: The Way of Water, Barbie, Deadpool & Wolverine, Inside Out 2, Oppenheimer, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Wicked: Part I, Ne Zha 2, and the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch shows that cinemas are far from dead, however. Denis Villeneuve's Dune (Part One, Part Two, and Messiah), in particular, is poised to become a decade-defining film series, much like how The Lord of the Rings and the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy defined The 2000s. See more