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The Martian
 Really Great 83 Points 2015
Wick – with 66 Trust Points – rated it Really Great

The Martian is an instant laureate in the SciFi Golden Age we’re now enjoying. Ridley Scott directs Matt Damon in this landmark movie, the latest in two careers full of them. Their Martian is the highest of high concepts, perfectly conceived. Andy Weir’s lauded novel comes gloriously to life in…

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WikChip Video Outtakes from the Ares 3 Crew
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The Right Stuff
 Really Great 17 Points 1983
BrianSez – with 17 Trust Points – rated it Really Great

For me, the next best thing to a war movie, is a movie about astronauts, and “The Right Stuff” did not dissappoint. A 4 hour movie might seem daunting, but it goes by quickly because of the intriguing story, great actors, and constant action and drama — not to mention plentiful humor. This movi…

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Ad Astra
 Really Great 66 Points 2019
Wick – with 66 Trust Points – rated it Really Great

Brad Pitt has his own great astronaut movie now, as every one of today’s great moviestars must.1 Ad Astra is a stately space epic, albeit punctuated with an atomic blast and more than a few death-defying set pieces. Most impressively, James Gray’s instant classic reinforces our conception of …

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WikChip Video The opening shots aren't in the movie.
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Apollo 13
 Perfect 77 Points 1995
Wick – with 66 Trust Points – rated it Perfect

Gripping from start to finish, though the end is never in doubt.

Stands as a testament to American heroism, ingenuity and bravura movie-making.

Tom Hanks – in one of his iconic performances – heads a stellar cast atop their games.

The screenplay introduced not one, but two catchphrases i…

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WikChip Image Haise & Lovell: Right Stuff Real Deal
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Gravity
 Perfect 83 Points 2013
Wick – with 66 Trust Points – rated it Perfect

Gravity isn’t the point, zero-gravity is. However, its title is the only thing underwhelming about Alfonso Cuarón’s benchmark movie. Everything else in Gravity overwhelms. For instance, the vertical line of a sunrise coming around the massive planet looming below some intrepid astronauts is so …

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WikChip Video Detached. Damn!
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Apollo 11
 Perfect 66 Points 2019
Wick – with 66 Trust Points – rated it Perfect

Apollo 11 is an enormous cinematic accomplishment – an rFactor 1 documentary with the power, pulse and scale of big time SciFi. See it on the biggest screen possible, with the best sound system, IMAX optimally.

It revivifies the epochal year of 1969, the first and last time that billions of…

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WikChip Video Up Close and Personal with Apollo 11
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