PREVIEW: Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Milo Coy (film debut), Jack Black (Bernie), Glen Powell (Hidden Figures), Zachary Levi (Shazam!), Josh Wiggins (Max), Lee Eddy (Gretchen), Bill Wise (Support the Girls), Natalie L’Amoreaux (Addict Named Hal), Jessica Brynn Cohen (film debut), Sam Chipman (film debut), Danielle Guilbot (Christmas Lovers Anonymous)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Richard Linklater (Boyhood), director, writer, producer; Mike Blizzard (Also Starring Austin), Bruno Felix (Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles), Tommy Pallotta (Waking Life) and Femke Wolting (I Wanna Be Boss), producers; Shane F. Kelly (A Scanner Darkly), cinematographer; Sandra Adair (School of Rock), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In Houston, Texas during the summer of 1969, as the world prepares to watch the historic moon landings, a young boy (Coy) finds himself involved in a secret – or imagined? – mission that will take him to the moon and back…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Acclaimed filmmaker Richard Linklater returns to rotoscoped animation stylings for a coming-of-age story that is, to use an overused pun, out of this world.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 1ST APRIL 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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