When your first movie is a hit, the studio tends to give you more cash to spend on the sequel. And when your film adapts what essentially is the second half of a book, it tends to be more exciting than the installment that came before it. Not surprisingly, then, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s excellent “Dune: Part Two” — in theaters March 1, after being pushed into 2024 as a result of last year’s Hollywood strikes — is greater in scale and more frequently riveting than its strong predecessor, 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning “Dune.” Villeneuve’s adaptation of adored sci-fi work ‘Dune’ looks to entrance you, not thrill you | Movie review /*!