Moon (15)

A gripping, thoughtful sci-fi poser that's eerie and disturbing

Director: Duncan Jones
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey (voice), Dominique McElligott
UK, 2008, 1 hour 37 minutes

Fri 26 February 7.30pm Gorsley Village Hall
Sat 13 March 7.30pm Tarrington Lady Emily Hall
Sun 14 March 7.30pm Yarpole Village Hall

Superior sci-fi, full of bright ideas (how would you persuade your clone that you were the original?), with a killer lead performance from Sam Rockwell, this is funny, creepy and intriguing. At the end of a 3 year stint on the moon, Sam has definitely spent too much time alone and his mind is starting to play tricks with him. Set in an entirely plausible near future, Moon is an original, smart, inventive mystery with many a nod to the classics (2001, Solaris, Silent Running, Red Dwarf) that pulls off that rare treat of feeling very real and completely fantastic at the very same time.