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The moon has been Earth’s close companion for billions of years, and while our view of its shape and size varies somewhat as it orbits our planet, it remains a constant presence in the sky. But could that change? In the 2022 movie “Moonfall” (Lionsgate, released on Feb. 4), a mysterious force ejects the moon … Read more
Hollywood has finally taken inspiration from the decade-ago move of a NASA space shuttle through the streets of Los Angeles and it only took the moon falling out of the sky for it to happen. “Moonfall,” which opened in theaters on Friday (Feb. 4), is the first major motion picture to use the 2012 delivery … Read more
Moonfall is a disaster movie that starts slow, but when it gets going it is packed with action, incredible special effects and spooky tentacles emerging from a lunar crater. Despite the subject matter, the film succeeds in taking itself fairly seriously, says Leah Crane Space 4 February 2022 By Leah Crane Patrick Wilson in Moonfall … Read more
The latest amazing, action-packed apocalyptic movie from the master of mayhem, the captain of calamity, Roland Emmerich is about to hit the big screen. In the movie “Moonfall” — which arrives in theaters across the U.S. on Friday (Feb. 4) — for reasons unknown, Earth’s only natural satellite is on a collision course with our … Read more
In “Moonfall,” the latest movie from the so-called “master of disaster” Roland Emmerich, Earth faces an extinction-level event caused by an alien that’s been living on the moon. Despite being plentiful in planetary destruction overflowing with explosions and incorporating an abundant amount of action, you might be surprised at how much care and consideration went … Read more
In “Moonfall,” director Roland Emmerich’s new disaster film opening this week, a retired space shuttle plays a part in NASA’s attempt to save Earth. In reality, though, it was the movie makers that came to the rescue, saving a real NASA simulator from an uncertain fate. Many Hollywood blockbusters have used the space shuttle as … Read more
Reiner Bajo/Lionsgate Watch Moonfall sees director Roland Emmerich try to top his other disaster films, such as The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day, by knocking the moon out of orbit and crashing it into Earth. In cinemas from 4 February. Read The Man Who Tasted Words and other unusually gifted or affected people are … Read more
The latest trailer for “Moonfall” has arrived and it promises a cosmic catastrophe on a truly Biblical scale. Despite being abundant in action, overflowing with explosions and incorporating plenty of planetary destruction, a surprising amount of care and consideration went into the physics and science of such colossal cosmic carnage. Peter Travers was the Visual … Read more
The first five minutes for Roland Emmerich’s new sci-fi devastation spectacular, “Moonfall” are now available to watch and it whets our appetite for more. The lyrics to Toto’s “Africa” are being discussed, as two astronauts from the Space Shuttle Endeavour are EVA, repairing what may or may not be the Hubble Space Telescope. Suddenly, a … Read more