Monthly Movie Spotlight: Destination Moon
Made nearly two decades before the title destination was reached in real life, Destination Moon (1950) is a landmark in sci-fi cinema, a fairly serious-minded attempt, co-scripted by Robert A. Heinlein, to depict a scientifically plausible lunar expedition. It’s a little too serious-minded, really. The director was the memorable character actor Irving Pichel, and his […]
