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Tag Archives: Space Movies

First Man (2018)

15 Monday Oct 2018

Posted by John Samuel in Movie Reviews, reviews

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Apollo 13, First Man, movies, Space Movies, The Right Stuff

Source: Wikipedia

First Man is a solid addition to the canon of Space Movies but you may find it hard to sympathise with Ryan Gosling’s portrayal of Neil Armstrong. Armstrong’s core, very personal, story through this film should elicit sympathy. However too much is hidden behind the calm façade of the test pilot.

For much of the film all the audience have to work with is a cold, professional, exterior. This exterior affected how I saw Armstrong in this realisation. Continue reading →

Movies, Games, Anime, and Japan: A General Update

30 Sunday Sep 2018

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Autumn Colours

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Chihayafuru, Color Me True, Fate/Grand Order, First Man, movies, Space Movies

I haven’t been particularly active on the blog recently, mostly due to a midwinter slump that left me mentally drained. Things are looking up and there’ll be more happening here over the coming months. Continue reading →

Hidden Figures (2016): Why it matters

09 Thursday Feb 2017

Posted by John Samuel in Movie Reviews, reviews, Social Commentary

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Apollo 13, Hidden Figures, Space Movies, The Right Stuff

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures

Yesterday I wrote about how awesome Hidden Figures is as a film. And, really, it is, go see it if you can.

Today I want to talk about why Hidden Figures matters. Continue reading →

Hidden Figures (2016)

08 Wednesday Feb 2017

Posted by John Samuel in Movie Reviews, reviews

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Apollo 13, Hidden Figures, October Sky, Space Movies, The Right Stuff

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures

Based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures, directed by Theodore Melfi, and starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae, is quite simply an astonishing film.

It is a film that made me laugh because it was funny, laugh because otherwise I’d want to cry, cry at one of the sweetest romances on screen, and applaud both during and at the end.

Based on real events, albeit with some significant adjustments, the stories of Katherine Goble Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan are utterly compelling viewing. Continue reading →

Space Cowboys (2000) with Major Spoilers of TEH STUPID.

09 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Samuel in Movie Reviews, reviews

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Space Cowboys, Space Movies, The Right Stuff, Wings of Honneamise

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cowboys

For all that I enjoyed Space Cowboys, and will probably watch it again, oh dear lord there’s a whole lot of stupid in the set up.

The Stupid isn’t the Premise. Mostly.

I’m not even talking about the core conceit, which is sending antiquated experts up into space to fix antiquated technology. That I can live with, after all John Glenn successfully rode the shuttle when he was 77, and the rest of the core conceit is Artistic License. If you’re not prepared to deal with that on its own terms, why watch Space Cowboys at all? Continue reading →

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