NASA made good use of the vault within a vault. The outer vault was where the space agency kept archival materials, classified documents, and other papers that weren’t meant to be released to the public. The inner vault was where they kept the materials that weren’t even meant for people inside NASA. That’s where the … Read more
Starring Scarlett Johansson as a Don Draper-caliber ad executive in a Joan Holloway sheath dress and a NASA screwball rom-com starring Channing Tatum opposite your space flight, “Fly Me to the Moon” is a bull’s-eye for a blandly reassuring, disposable tale of the past. And with a reported $100 million budget, it’s a rare studio … Read more
A romantic comedy with delusions of dramatic grandeur, Fly me to the moon (July 12, in theaters) has a lighthearted premise that’s treated with a sad degree of seriousness. Director Greg Berlanti’s film features two likable stars in a story that playfully plays on a well-known conspiracy theory about the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. … Read more
Trailers make “Fly Me to the Moon” look cutesy at best, when in fact it’s quite clever: a smarter-than-it-sounds, space-age sparring match of the Rock Hudson/Doris Day variety, pitting the honest-to-a-fault NASA launch director responsible for putting Apollo 11 into orbit (a serious Channing Tatum) against a mendacious Madison Avenue spin doctor (Scarlett Johansson, deliciously … Read more