Blog > Title: Moon

If there is one movie I’m excited for right now, it’s Moon. Just ask my roommate, who has to deal with the fact that I come running into his room every time there is an update. Or ask my girlfriend who had to deal with me dorking out with jealousy when she told me that her boss got to see the flick at Sundance.

There may be other films I’m excited for (cough, Wild Things, cough). But the fact of the matter is, this one looks amazing.

It was independently made–by David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, no less–and it has been picked up by Sony Classics for a wide release. It stars Hollywood up-and-comer Sam Rockwell, star of Choke, Snow Angels, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Just that is enough to draw attention. But it doesn’t end there. The trailer and all early reports say that the movie is cut from the same stuff that made films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Alien. That stuff is the stuff of being alone and scared in space.

Here’s the premise: Sam’s character has signed up to do a year of farming moon rocks on the moon… by himself. A few days before he is to be relieved, he starts seeing things. I’ll just let you watch the preview.

Oh yeah, Kevin Spacey voices the robot. And how about that little taste of score they gave us?

OK, I’ll stop.

The movie comes out September 3rd. You can count this guy as being extremely impatient and excited.

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