The new romantic comedy Fly Me to the Moon tells the story of how NASA hired an ambitious marketing specialist to boost public support in the run-up to the Apollo 11 mission. The history books tell us that this isn’t quite what happened, but I believe modern science communicators can still learn from this irreverent … Read more
ITo mark the 55th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission on July 20, Hollywood is hoping a new film about NASA staging a fake moon landing will be a big hit. In Fly me to the moon, In theaters July 12, a Nixon White House aide (Woody Harrelson) sends New York ad executive Kelly … 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