It had its premiere at the Royal Institution, and will be available to stream free: launching with an exclusive online premiere on 13 February at 7.30pm GMT on the Cosmic Shambles’ YouTube channel. To celebrate the online launch of the documentary, the film’s director, Trent Burton and various experts from the film, will be online… Science. Sports. Er, snails? Rapid Motion Through Space hits streaming soon – watch the trailer now Read More
The Wonderful: Stories From The Space Station 3.5 stars
The story of the men and women who live inside the International Space Station, their stories played out against the vast, beautiful, bottomless, darkness of the universe. *** Read my interview with featured astronaut Cady Coleman *** There are myriad tiny details about living and working in space that surprise me, though it never occurred… The Wonderful: Stories From The Space Station Read More
“You feel like the sentinels that are guarding the Earth”: trailer for The Wonderful — Stories From The Space Station
Do check out this trailer, which is packed full of insight and wonder from the multinational group of people orbiting above our heads. It bodes well for the full documentary. (I assume they’ve also included something about how the ISS astronauts go to the loo, it’s the Law of Space Documentaries.) While the rest of… “You feel like the sentinels that are guarding the Earth”: trailer for The Wonderful — Stories From The Space Station Read More
The Midnight Sky 3.5 stars
A scientist in the Arctic trying to contact a spaceship to warn them of a disaster back on Earth must travel to another base with the small girl he’s looking after. This is another apocalyptic film that doesn’t really explain what is happening to the world, something I find very frustrating. I always want to… The Midnight Sky Read More
Solitary: did they make it home?
Warning: very spoilery. (You can read my review here.) “Humanity is already dead if they think sending us up here is the way to save it,” says Alana to Isaac, during one of her increasingly frequent revelations of what kind of person she really is. “Killing is my drug,” she admits, as she tries to… Solitary: did they make it home? Read More
Solitary 4 stars
Prisoner Isaac Havelock wakes up on board a space pod to find out he’s been condemned to life on Earth’s first colony with no way home. He realises he’s not alone as he’s greeted by the mysterious Alana Skill – together they start piecing together what’s happened and try to plot a course back home. Whisper it – but in 2044 we’re… Solitary Read More
Astronaut 4 stars
A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space. One of the reasons I love films about older people fulfilling their desires is that they make me feel, at 49, like I still have time to achieve something – anything! – before my time… Astronaut Read More
Astronaut trailer shows you’re never too old for stratospheric success
*** My 4-star review is now live *** This sounds like the perfect film for anyone who’s getting tired of hearing about people finding success in middle age who still turn out out to be several years younger than them, I mean me. (There’s only so long we can cling on to the memory of… Astronaut trailer shows you’re never too old for stratospheric success Read More
Eva Green is a mother on a space mission in Proxima trailer
Well this looks intriguing. A woman astronaut training for a 12-month mission in space, and preparing to leave her young daughter behind. Usually as a parent you’re mentally preparing yourself for when your child leaves you not the other way around. Plus we’re adults and knows it’s coming, eventually (one day!) Check out the trailer… Eva Green is a mother on a space mission in Proxima trailer Read More
Ad Astra 5 stars
Warning, some spoilers: so if you don’t want to know there are killer space baboons, leave now. What if, instead of finding intelligent life out there, we have to accept we’re stuck with slightly dim life down here? The urge to push forward is strong, though it’s often exploration as a deflection, because there’s something… Ad Astra Read More
“ANIARA” INTERVIEW: directors Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja on updating a Swedish sci fi classic for the 21st century
“What I never understood before meeting Hugo is that sci-fi, it’s a lot about philosophy.” Pella Kågerman Swedish sci fi film Aniara is based on a well-known poem written in the 1950s by Harry Martinson, who later went on to become Sweden’s poet laureate. Originally written as his response to the hydrogen bomb tests, directors Pella… “ANIARA” INTERVIEW: directors Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja on updating a Swedish sci fi classic for the 21st century Read More
One month to go before we head into the “endless void”, and there’s a new IMAX trailer for “Ad Astra”
*** my review is now live (slightly spoilery) *** “The enemy up here is not a person or a thing. It’s the endless void.” And I know just how Donald Sutherland’s character feels, two-thirds of the way through the school holidays. Still, I managed to take a few minutes out of shouting at my kids… One month to go before we head into the “endless void”, and there’s a new IMAX trailer for “Ad Astra” Read More