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Ad Astra
Why this pick
A restrained, inward-looking space odyssey that pairs meticulous travel through hostile environments with a grieving man’s emotional isolation and a solemn visual scale.
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MOVIE2018 2h 21m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Movies like
First Man
Drama
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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All Is Lost
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1961, NASA test pilot Neil Armstrong is flying the X-15 rocket plane when it inadvertently bounces off the atmosphere. Although he manages to land the plane in the Mojave Desert, his colleagues express concern that his recent record of mishaps is due to distraction, and he is grounded. His two-and-a-half year old daughter, Karen, is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor. Desperate to save her, Armstrong keeps a detailed log of her symptoms and feverishly tries to find possible treatments, but she dies soon afterwards. Grief-stricken, Armstrong applies for Project Gemini and is accepted to NASA Astronaut Group 2. Armstrong, his wife Janet, and their son Rick move to Houston alongside other astronaut families. Armstrong befriends Elliot See, another civilian test pilot, and Ed White (astronaut). As Armstrong begins training, Deke Slayton impresses upon the new astronauts the importance of the Gemini program, as the Soviet Union had reached every milestone in the Space Race ahead of the United States. Armstrong and Janet have a second son, Mark.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ryan Gosling
Neil Armstrong
Claire Foy
Janet Shearon
Kyle Chandler
Deke Slayton
Corey Stoll
Buzz Aldrin
Christopher Abbott
David Scott
Ciarán Hinds
Robert R. Gilruth
Brian d'Arcy James
Joseph A. Walker
Cory Michael Smith
Roger B. Chaffee