Moon (2009)

Sci-fi flicks these days are all about big budget action and special effects. What happened to the heady curiosity filmmakers used to have when approaching the topic of space? The only recent example of a half decent sci-fi film was Danny Boyle's "Sunshine," which despite it's flaws was a valiant attempt at hearkening back to days of old. Thoughts of Kurbick's "2001," Tarkovsky's "Solaris," and even Cameron's "Alien(s)" came to mind, while watching it, and it was quite refreshing.

Now along comes "Moon," directed by newcomer Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie ?!) and staring THE man, Sam Rockwell. Looks a bit like "2001" (I guess only because of the HAL-esque talking computer companion), yet fresh and trippy. My guess is that it'll be too much for the average theater goers brains to handle so it will only see a very limited release, I hope more projects like this are in the works.