Space Movies

With the world slowly starting to show signs of normalcy, the impact of COVID-19 on the entertainment industry, and specifically film, is undeniable. The visible wake of the impact from the virus grows more apparent…

Though he certainly never left, 2019 is a bit of a mini-comeback for Brad Pitt, with high-profile roles in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and now Ad Astra. He’s on-screen for almost all of…

I’ve had my eye on Ad Astra for some time now. Brad Pitt has a way of teaming up with very thoughtful and fairly singular filmmakers that always gets me excited. That’s not to say…

Questions of our place in the universe have been mulled over in film for decades, and few have been more famous than 1997’s Contact.  This sweeping epic was quite polarizing upon its initial release, but many…

One of the new releases this weekend brings us another horror movie in space with an alien creature involved, Life!  I’d made sure to prepare myself for the carnage of multiple astronauts as they fight…

After man set foot on the moon, society has had an insatiable fascination with space and what possibly lurks out in distant galaxies waiting to be discovered.  With the new space movie, Life, due out…

Like Rings, the other wide release that hit theaters this past weekend, The Space Between Us is another movie that was pushed back from a previous release date.  Apprehensive, I walked into the theater hoping…

In an attempt to escape the typical sub-par movies we see in January,  I had my fingers crossed that Hidden Figures would live up to the impressive 93% it currently holds on Rotten Tomatoes.  The…

This week at the theaters brings us a space movie entitled Passengers!  With such star power involved such as Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, the movie could be a big hit if made correctly.  So…