With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing there has been a slew of TV documentaries about this epochal event. It’s unlikely that any of them are as mesmerising as the current cinema release doco simply entitled Apollo 11. Through remarkable archival footage which includes 35 mm film, CCTV and astonishingly clear and vivid 70mm footage recently discovered
Read moreIt’s 50 years since the moon landing and this week on ‘Built For Speed’ we try to fit as many moon themed tunes into one show as we possibly can – there are plenty of good ones. We’ll also take a look at moon shot documentary ‘Apollo 11’. Departing from the moon, we’ll review the hyper-real CGI remake of ‘The
Read moreThe moon-shot movie has almost become a separate genre and with films the calibre of The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 and Hidden Figures, a consistently good one. Now, Academy Award-winning director of La La Land and Whiplash, Damien Chazelle has entered the space-race with First Man, the story of the original moon landing. Diverting from the slick style of most
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