“Ad Astra” is an action movie about the value of human connection. As such, it unwittingly and helplessly underlines how bad action movies can be at depicting human connection. The film is set in the ...

“Retro” may seem like a misplaced descriptor for “Ad Astra” (2019), director James Gray’s effort in Hollywood’s recent surfeit of introspective, big-budget sci-fi. The future of the Brad ...

For a while, it looked like Ad Astra might be one of the bigger casualties of the huge Disney and Fox deal. It's turned out to be a smart move and Ad Astra has proven to be worth the wait. Propelled ...

If you have not seen Ad Astra and do not wish to read spoilers about the movie, you should not proceed. The following article contains numerous important plot points from the movie. Ad Astra isn't ...

Add “Ad Astra” to the shrinking ranks of cerebral science fiction, a movie that explores the great mysteries against an epic interstellar backdrop. Yet the movie works as well as it does thanks ...

Peacock is set to expand its film lineup with the addition of Ad Astra, the 2019 sci-fi movie drama starring Brad Pitt as an ...

"Apocalypse Now meets 2001" is a hell of an elevator pitch. It's beyond regrettable that Ad Astra, which aspires to that level of insight and cultural import, has all the metaphysical weight of a ...

Critics can agree on one thing: Brad Pitt's performance in "Ad Astra" is out of this world. The science fiction film directed by James Gray, which hits theaters Friday, follows astronaut Roy McBride's ...

Writer-director James Gray is a critical darling and a Cannes award winner, and while I admire his obvious talent, I have almost always had issues with his films, including such promising, flawed ...