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Tom Hanks' beloved space drama Apollo 13 will arrive on Netflix this January, almost thirty years after its debut. Produced by Universal Pictures and Massive Entertainment, the film was commercially successful, grossing over $355 million against a $52 million budget.

Fans will get the chance to re-experience the glory of Apollo 13 when it hits Netflix on January 1. Directed by Ron Howard from William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert's screenplay, the 1995 docudrama film adapted astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger's 1994 book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, dramatizing the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission. The movie follows Lovell and fellow astronauts Jack Swigert and Fred Haise aboard the ill-fated titular spacecraft for the United States' fifth crewed mission to the Moon. Hanks stars as Lovell opposite Kevin Bacon's Swigert and Bill Paxton's Haise. The ensemble cast includes Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, and Gary Sinise.

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Warning: This article contains spoilers for Fly Me to the Moon.

Many movies like Fly Me to the Moon showcase different parts of the Space Race, highlighting key moments like the Apollo 11 moon landing. Apollo 13 and The Right Stuff offer more serious takes on space exploration, contrasting with Fly Me to the Moon's comedic tone. Hidden Figures sheds light on the crucial role of Black women mathematicians in the Space Race, focusing on Mary Jackson, Katherine G. Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan

Many great movies like Fly Me to the Moon follow different parts of the Space Race, highlighting a historical moment from the 20th century. The Apple original movie is a comedic take on the marketing that sold the US public on the Apollo 11 landing and a fake NASA moon landing that never happened in Fly Me to the Moon's true story. The Apollo 11 moon landing is...

One of the downsides of living in a movie landmark with a half-mile long driveway is that obsessed fans who can’t get a satisfactory peek from the road will occasionally think nothing about rolling up to your front door. Jim Lutz and Alex Carrillo have lived in their 100-year old farmhouse in Manor, Texas, since 1977, raising five children, running a jewelry business, and occasionally lending their rustic home to a movie or television production. But the tourists who come knocking aren’t imposing on their hospitality because of Roadie, the 1980 movie starring Art Carney and Meat Loaf that filmed there.

With the Oscar nomination buzz surrounding Leonardo DiCaprio for his titular performance in J. Edgar, it's a good time to take another look at a Texas-made movie from early in DiCaprio's career, the terrific What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

Released in 1993, director Lasse Hallström's highly praised film follows the Grape family, a close-knit but intriguingly dysfunctional clan living in the fictional Iowa town of Endora (although actually shot in Central Texas). Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) spends much of his time watching over his mentally retarded younger brother, 17-year-old Arnie (DiCaprio, in an Oscar-nominated performance), while his sisters, Amy (Laura Harrington) and Ellen (Mary Kate Schellhardt) slave away in the kitchen. Ruling the roost is the siblings' widowed, depressed and morbidly obese mother, Bonnie (Darlene Cates), whose girth and mental state have prevented her from leaving the family's rural house for years.

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Invasion: The Infection Begins takes over home cinemas April 13th with a synopsis now available. The plot line follows a small town that was wiped out after a meteor lands in the vicinity. Investigators look for answers, but soon "the government calls [this] the modern plague" (Invasion). All sorts of mishappenings take place in the film and soon The Invasion will be available for horror and sci-fi fans next month (further details below).

The synopsis for Invasion: The Infection Begins here:

"A mystery surrounds a small town that was wiped out on September 9, 2009. Now, sixty years later, Sarah, the last survivor, sends a reporter, Mary, a letter suggesting what really happened on that day.The government calls 9/9/09 the start of the modern plague. Mary soon realizes that her search for the truth may be harder to uncover than the lies" (Invasion).

Director: Howard Wexler.

Writer: Bryan Brewer.

Cast: Lochlyn Munro, Mary Kate Schellhardt,...

You can finally bring home Ron Howard's classic tale of real-life space drama home in 1080p this April. Apollo 13 will be released on Blu-ray on April 13, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the harrowing space mission and the 15th anniversary of the film. We don't have any pricing details or cover art as of yet, but you can take a look at the massive amount of special features on this new release below. The film stars Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan and Mary Kate Schellhardt.

Less than a year after the world marveled at man's first moon walk - and only three years after the deadly Apollo 1 fire - the American public thought of the April 1970 Apollo 13 moon mission as just another "routine" space flight. But soon, four words from Spacecraft Commander Jim Lovell would change all that: "Houston, we have a problem.

Howard Wexler's indie thriller 9909 (see our review here) will be honored at the 2009 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival on October 22nd. The film will receive the award for "Best Sci-Fi Feature", while actress Kelly Pendygraft will take home "Best Actress in a Feature Film." The award ceremony will be held at Blvd (199 Bowery Street at Spring St.) from 7-10pm.

The following night will see a special midnight screening at Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street). Learn more about the film and view the trailer below the jump!

“How Much Do You Know About September 9, 2009?”

A mystery surrounds a small town that was wiped out on September 9, 2009. Set sixty years in the future, an old woman (Kelly Pendygraft), engages the help of a reporter (Mary Kate Schellhardt), to unlock the secret of a government conspiracy to cover up the events that took place on September 9th, 2009. An aged...