There used to be a time when sci-fi films delivered more than laser-fueled swashbuckling, aliens and space ships leaping into the stars blow stuff up. When sci-fi functioned in antiseptically spartan environments and focused less on action and more on ideas and man’s place in a scientifically accelerated world. Duncan Jones’ Moon is a tight look back at those films or better yet, a heavily influenced and transportational return to form. Set somewhere in the near but indeterminate future, life …
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I don’t know much about this movie and just watched the trailer for the first time, but I have to admit, I’m juiced. “Moon” would appear to be another great sci-fi picture and heaven knows there aren’t many gems as of late. Something about being alone in space (or on the moon) with nothing but your thoughts and the constant silence and stillness is beyond unnerving. I’m not a huge Sam Rockwell fan (“Frost/Nixon”), but he fits this part. Average …