“Retro” may seem like a misplaced descriptor for “Ad Astra” (2019), director James Gray’s effort in Hollywood’s recent surfeit of introspective, big-budget sci-fi. The future of the Brad ...

For a while, it looked like Ad Astra might be one of the bigger casualties of the huge Disney and Fox deal. It's turned out to be a smart move and Ad Astra has proven to be worth the wait. Propelled ...

“Ad Astra” is an action movie about the value of human connection. As such, it unwittingly and helplessly underlines how bad action movies can be at depicting human connection. The film is set in the ...

If you have not seen Ad Astra and do not wish to read spoilers about the movie, you should not proceed. The following article contains numerous important plot points from the movie. Ad Astra isn't ...

"Apocalypse Now meets 2001" is a hell of an elevator pitch. It's beyond regrettable that Ad Astra, which aspires to that level of insight and cultural import, has all the metaphysical weight of a ...

Add “Ad Astra” to the shrinking ranks of cerebral science fiction, a movie that explores the great mysteries against an epic interstellar backdrop. Yet the movie works as well as it does thanks ...

Critics can agree on one thing: Brad Pitt's performance in "Ad Astra" is out of this world. The science fiction film directed by James Gray, which hits theaters Friday, follows astronaut Roy McBride's ...

When somebody asks Brad Pitt what he did this summer, here’s how he should respond: “Resuscitated my acting career!” Although the movie star’s best days seemed well behind him, he has, out of nowhere, ...

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As Ad Astra inched past the $20 million mark in its fourth day of domestic release, the odds of being a financial win for Fox and Disney are not in its favor. Yes, it is a visual wonder, and I would ...

To quote the late, great Bill Paxton in the perpetually underrated Edge of Tomorrow, “Battle is the great redeemer. The fiery crucible in which the only true heroes are forged.” Well, based on the ...