"Moon"

For any kid who grew up in a certain period, dreaming that we'd conduct our adulthoods from other planets, looking at the amazing art works of space and conceptions of LIFE in space peppering pre-Hubble textbooks and magazines, this movie is a genuine love letter. It hits all the bases - "Hi, Dave" - and turns a lot of them on their heads. Makes retro what once was intended to be futuristic. And doesn't stop there, but tells a good story.

It's hard for a performer to carry a movie - to this day, I never have made it through "Castaway" beginning to end - but I've always liked Rockwell, and not just because of his Zaphod or even his turn in Iron Man 2, though he was a gas in those. Have you ever seen "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind?" Do. And see this, too.

It does the sixties-seventies vision of the future dead-on, right down to Sam's haircut. It incorporates visuals right out of those paintings we used to gaze at for ages. It says hi to "Alien", to "2001", but it doesn't quite pay homage. It's neither bogged down in tribute nor distracted by sarcam. It's not done in irony, though it's capable of flirtily winking.

Seriously. Spacey. Have to love it.

I didn't even wait to watch the DVD extras, I just hit buy it now on my new copy.

Great little space movie. And not a bad human one either.