Moon (DVD) Reviews

The 2009 movie written and directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowies son) with the screenplay being written by Nathan Parker. This is a haunting movie although it is not a horror it will still give you the shivers. Sam Bell is serving a three year stint on a base on the dark side of the moon. The base is owned by Lunar ...  Read the complete review

Recently I had started to see little reviews of this film here, there and everywhere and it was in random parts of newspapers etc, and never as like a main review. However everywhere I looked this was getting at least four stars, if not five stars, so instantly started to spark my attention. However after hearing it has David Bowies son directing, ...  Read the complete review

Directed by Duncan Jones (formerly known as Zowie Bowie), 'Moon' is a psychological indie Sci-fi which explores a variety of themes including the effects of solitude, alienation, and the unbreakable human spirit. The story focuses on Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell), an astronaut working alone on a mining base on the dark side of the moon. Bell ...  Read the complete review

Duncan Jones directs this sci-fi movie MOON. The film centres on Sam Rockwell's character Sam Bell who is an astronaught assigned to go to the Moon. His job is to attain a mineral and stay on the Moon for three years on a station. At the end of the three years Sam is happy to come home and be reunited with his wife Tess played by ...  Read the complete review

This is very close to being five stars. Once again Dooyoo's lack of half stars means I have to round down from four and a half. This review will also be a FILM ONLY REVIEW. On with the show ... Moon (or more accurately MOON) is the devut feature of one Duncan Jones son of a certain Mr. Bowie. I was very excited when I first heard about ...  Read the complete review

Here's a film I had been looking forward to: Sam Rothwell stars as an astronaut mining energy from the moon all alone. He's almost finished his 4 year tour of duty when he encounters his doppelganger. There was a lot of hype surrounding this film and I was chuffed to see it, but that feeling didn't last too long. The main problem with ...  Read the complete review

In the cold vacuum of space Moon is a breath of fresh air! At last, what fans of intelligent science fiction have been waiting for. A film with a proper plot. Ideas. Atmosphere. Duncan Jones, known to some as Zowie Bowie, to others as David Bowie's son, directs his first major motion picture. A modest budget of 5 million dollars enables ...  Read the complete review

On our way to South Africa, we took two long journeys, stopping off in Doha on the way. On the first stretch of the journey, I was pleased to discover that we had in-flight entertainment, including movies. There weren't many films I recognised and most of the older ones were films I'd already seen. Then there were a few new films, so I had a look ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room New science fiction film Moon enjoyed a relatively limited release in UK cinemas over this Summer, but is in fact one of the better sci-fi films to be released this decade. It is directed by Duncan Jones, who happens to be the son of music legend David Bowie. Free of gimmicks, ...  Read the complete review

Moon is a film written and directed by Duncan Jones (formerly Zowie Bowie), starring Sam Rockwell and featuring the voice of Kevin Spacey. Sam Bell (Rockwell) is working on a moon base mining a substance used as fuel called Helium 3, his only companion is GERTY (voiced by Spacey), the computer that helps maintain the base. Due to ...  Read the complete review

With the distinct lack of quality, thoughtful films aimed at adults in the cinema of late (unless you want to see a predictable rom-com, an animation or a gore-fest teen horror) this was a breath of fresh air. It was thoroughly brilliant and original, and definately the best film I have seen in a very long time. Set on the moon, Sam ...  Read the complete review

WARNING: I am going to try my best not to give too many plot points away as there is a twist in this film which I don't want to spoil for viewers. I apologise if I inadvertently give something away - please leave a comment if I do so and I will remove the information immediately! WHAT IS IT: Moon is the directorial debut ...  Read the complete review

'Moon' is a 2009 movie by first time director Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son) and starring Sam Rockwell. The story is set sometime in the future. Mankind now mines the moon for rocks that provide an energy source. An astronaut, Sam Bell, is due to finish his three year contract looking after a space station that controls the mining machines on ...  Read the complete review

Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is an astronaut and a mining contractor who works on the far side of the moon at the Sarang Lunar base. He has been there for three years and his contract is nearly up. His job is to monitor three roaming mining units and every now and again meet up with them through the lunar rover to collect a load of Helium 3 which is in ...  Read the complete review

Moon was filmed at Shepperton Studios and directed by Duncan Jones who also wrote the original storyline. He wrote it intentionally with Sam Rockwell in mind as the central character. Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is based on a mining station on the dark side of the Moon, sending supplies of Helium 3 to Earth. Helium 3 is an energy ...  Read the complete review