Science vs. Cinema

Dune: Science Vs. Cinema

By Andy Howell | January 2022

In addition to being a film critic for Film Threat, I’m an astronomer, TV host (check me out right now in Killers of…

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In addition to being a film critic for Film Threat, I'm an astronomer, TV host (check me out right now in Killers of the Cosmos on Discovery+), and...

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Readers of Film Threat may know me from my regular movie reviews — I tend to cover festivals. But I’m also a professional astronomer, and where I...

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The Current War: Director’s Cut is a long-awaited release of a new edit of a film that first premiered back in 2017 at the Toronto International Film...

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In Ad Astra, Brad Pitt plays astronaut Roy McBride, the son of Clifford McBride (Tommy Lee Jones) who disappeared 16 years earlier on a mission to...

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Since this is my first article looking at the science in a movie on Film Threat, it is worth an introduction. While my main job is staff astronomer at Las...