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Sep 20, 2019 · The result is a film that feels both massive and deeply personal with its themes, which is no easy feat. Don’t get me wrong, while this is a deeply philosophical film there are also traditional action elements and what feel like real stakes throughout McBride’s journey. People die. People make mistakes. People are selfish, scared, and greedy.
Sep 19, 2019 · Lost in space: Brad Pitt in James Gray’s “Ad Astra.”. Francois Duhamel/20th Century Fox. Visually austere and narratively clotted, “Ad Astra” tends to work best in isolated scenes rather ...
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Sep 19, 2019 · James Gray’s Ad Astra plays like a sombre, space set version of Apocalypse Now. The film is a brooding, atmospheric affair that features one of Brad Pitt’s finest and most restrained ...
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Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 25, 2021. Alex Bentley CultureMap. Ad Astra is an extraordinary film that contains a vision for the future that's both appealing and cautionary, as well ...
Sep 19, 2019 · Ad Astra is, despite a few riveting acting scenes, largely a somber, quiet movie that feels far more in line with the dramas of the late 1960s and 70s but with the VFX tools of the 2010s. Gray ...
Aug 29, 2019 · Editors: John Axelrad, Lee Haugen. Music: Max Richter, Lorne Balfe. With: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, John Ortiz, Loren Dean, Kimberly Elise. Director ...
Sep 22, 2019 · You don’t see many movies like Ad Astra these days—movies that depict space exploration in the future, but in the forseeable future. Ad Astra falls in that narrow, but vital window in storytelling with Gravity, Interstellar, and The Martian in showing what could be rather than what has been (Hidden Figures, First Man, etc.) or…
