Apollo 18

This secretive film's premise is that it reveals suppressed footage of the U.S. government's secret mission to the moon.

"...In short-handing Apollo 18, there is the obvious comparison, The Blair Witch..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Apollo 13

Howard's take on the ill-fated 1970 moon shot is filled with the almost unassailable heroics of the U.S. space program and the genuine urgency of history.

"...excellent filmmaker can get lost in his own story. Apollo 13 has no such problems, and as such, it's..."

June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Apollo 11

Astounding documentary takes us back to the first crewed mission to the moon

"...to say that audiences haven’t seen a film like Apollo 11 until now. This feature-length documentary takes us inside..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo

Doc on the men behind the astronauts

"...Houston NASA facility, and the men who oversaw the Apollo program, is the subject of David Fairhead’s film, an..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Music Review: Omar Apollo

Chicano psych-soul breakout busts a move

"...the soulfully psychedelic R&B musician now going by Omar Apollo loses all inhibition while performing...."

March 14, 2019 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

Celebrate the Apollo 11 Moon Landing With These Texas Road Trips

Houston and other Texas sites celebrate the golden anniversary of the first lunar landing

"...to Skylab, interplanetary probes, and space shuttles. But with Apollo 11's 50th here, we're recovering the anticipation and awe..."

May 17, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Animated Childhood of Milo Coy in Apollo 10½

The young Austin actor takes one giant leap in Richard Linklater's tale of the space race

"...Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood is about Stan (voiced..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

Linklater’s charming animated daydream of space race Houston

"...Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood sees director Richard Linklater..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½

The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation

"...and A Scanner Darkly. Now his third animated feature, Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, pushes the limits of..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Apollo Creed

"...while researching a story for Texas Monthly about the Apollo astronauts -- 10 years after -- in 1979. "I..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Live at the Apollo 13

Awake in the Dark

"...a problem until The Bridges of Madison County and Apollo 13 cleared the studio gantries...."

July 14, 1995 Arts Feature by Patrick Taggart

SXSW Film Review: Apollo 11

Unseen footage takes us back to the first moon landing

"...Apollo 11 is a celebratory movie designed to rekindle awe..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Academy Excludes Apollo 10½ From Oscar Consideration, Prompting Appeal

Animators push back at Academy committee bias

"...Arts and Sciences' animation committee had rejected Richard Linklater's Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood for consideration in the..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood

Linklater's loving reminiscence of space race Houston

"...actually Houston, where his new animated coming-of-age period piece Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood is set. Playfully..."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Trace Sauveur

Richard Linklater's Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood Touches the Animated Stars

Glen Powell talks life on set of the Austin director's latest

"...Center towers over the film that fulfills Linklater’s wish, Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, in which adult Stanley..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Linklater's Lunar Latest Coming to Netflix

Apollo 10 1/2 to be animated by Austin's Minnow Mountain

"...next picture, a return to Waking Life-style animation called Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure, will be released..."

July 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Shadow of the Moon

This documentary is a cheery restorative that recalls hazy memories of America's finest, boldest hour, when we went to the moon, again and again.

"...mainstay Nova, has collected together all of the surviving Apollo astronauts and allowed them to tell the story in..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oscars Accepts That Animated Films Are Animated

Austin-made Apollo 10 1/2 now eligible for Academy Award

"...acclaimed and visually stunning animated movies - including Austin-made Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood by Boyhood director..."

Nov. 10, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fly Me to the Moon

This animated film is a simple parable of spirited can-do-ism, in which a trio of young houseflies semiaccidentally tags along on the Apollo 11 moon shot.

"...astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin as Apollo 11 slips the reach of gravity (but not, surprisingly,..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Creed II

Predictable but still pleasurable new chapter and verse in the Book of Rocky

"...boxer Adonis “Donnie” Creed, is the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed, Balboa’s one-time professional nemesis who died in the..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Nina Katchadourian's Indecision on the Moon

The Apollo 11-inspired work, housed in a pitch-black room at the Blanton, may tell us how adventurous or conservative we really are

"...the interminable umms, uhhs, and trailing sentences of the Apollo 11 moon landing transmissions into a loop. It is..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Review by Dave Randall

All Systems Are Go for NASA Doc Mission Control

Showtime at the Apollo

"...United States' National Aeronautics & Space Administration launched their Apollo project and did what was necessary until, holy shit..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moonwalkers

A stoner comedy frames this moon-landing conspiracy-theory romp

"...those perennials, that filmmaker Stanley Kubrick staged the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing in an England studio (see Rodney..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

We Have an Issue: Blastoff

The story behind Richard Linklater’s new Netflix coming-of-age film, Apollo 10½

"...is always going to be a big deal. But Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood – which world-premiered at..."

March 25, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...The stellar lineupreally ignites with the world premiere of Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chuck

The rise and fall of the real-life Rocky

"...a small-time palooka goes up against the heavyweight champ Apollo Creed. (For decades, Wepner coasted on his undisputed claim..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Creed

Stallone's Rocky trains Apollo Creed's son in worthy franchise reboot

"...Station in 2013. Jordan plays the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) who died in the ring in..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Room 237

Pet theories about what really went down at the Overlook Hotel abound in this documentary about Stanley Kubrick's intentions in The Shining.

"...Holocaust? Or Kubrick’s secret confession to having faked the Apollo 11 moon landing footage? Those are just two of..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Both ridiculous and ridiculously fun, this is over-the-top robotic mayhem.

"...John Malkovich). Add to this the fact that the Apollo 11 mission was not what it seemed, a cameo..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Academy Award-Nominated Shorts 2002

"...retroactive recognition of the many splendors of short films, Apollo Cinemas has packaged last year's five nominees for Best..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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