Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday.
This week’s question: Who is your favorite TV doctor of all time? (Doctor Who does not count.)
Damian Holbrook (@damianholbrook), TV Guide Magazine
I am not a fan of how TV usually represents doctors. They are mostly either super earnest and “I am going to save you at the risk of my career!” annoying or the “doesn’t play by the rules” rebel who rides a motorcycle down the ER hallway. Both are tired. And don’t even start me on the hard-ass doctors who obviously know everything and show it off while parading a crew of new residents through a massive hospital during the opening of soooooo many pilots. We get it: Their job is their life and they have a secret soft center.
No, I like my doctors like...
This week’s question: Who is your favorite TV doctor of all time? (Doctor Who does not count.)
Damian Holbrook (@damianholbrook), TV Guide Magazine
I am not a fan of how TV usually represents doctors. They are mostly either super earnest and “I am going to save you at the risk of my career!” annoying or the “doesn’t play by the rules” rebel who rides a motorcycle down the ER hallway. Both are tired. And don’t even start me on the hard-ass doctors who obviously know everything and show it off while parading a crew of new residents through a massive hospital during the opening of soooooo many pilots. We get it: Their job is their life and they have a secret soft center.
No, I like my doctors like...
- 9/10/2019
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has passed away, per Nasa. He was 83. Cernan was selected to be an astronaut in 1963. He piloted his first orbital flight in 1966 and flew to the moon twice, first on a test mission on Apollo 10 in 1969 and then as commander of the last human mission in 1972. He retired from the Navy after 20 years of service in 1976, ending his Nasa career. He went into private business and also served as a television commentator. He was the subject of the documentary The Last Man on the Moon, directed by Mark Craig. In his review, Christopher Campbell commented on the portion of the movie that covers the Apollo 10 mission, describing it as "a tribute to all the unsung and less-noted people who humbly support the deeds of the...
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- 1/17/2017
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Mark Craig’s documentary on astronaut Eugene Cernan aims to capture the pioneer spirit of the early Apollo missions and gets lost in cowboy romance
Related: The last man on the moon on crash-landings, losing his wife and watching an 'Earth-rise'
The rodeo spirit of American endeavour is still bucking, even if Nasa lacks it; so says director Mark Craig in his documentary about astronaut Eugene Cernan. A pilot on Apollos 10 and 17, Cernan became the last person to set foot on the lunar surface in 1972. Craig introduces us to him at a steer-wrestling show, then leaves us to draw the parallel: that it was the red, white and blue-fuelled pluck of cowboys like Cernan that took the Us to the stars. Craig’s film deals with the fallout of the era – and how the returning heroes kept their feet on the ground – but he can’t help but get swept...
Related: The last man on the moon on crash-landings, losing his wife and watching an 'Earth-rise'
The rodeo spirit of American endeavour is still bucking, even if Nasa lacks it; so says director Mark Craig in his documentary about astronaut Eugene Cernan. A pilot on Apollos 10 and 17, Cernan became the last person to set foot on the lunar surface in 1972. Craig introduces us to him at a steer-wrestling show, then leaves us to draw the parallel: that it was the red, white and blue-fuelled pluck of cowboys like Cernan that took the Us to the stars. Craig’s film deals with the fallout of the era – and how the returning heroes kept their feet on the ground – but he can’t help but get swept...
- 4/7/2016
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
This is the Pure Movies review of The Last Man On The Moon. Former Nasa astronaut and Navy Captain Gene Cernan became the last man to walk on the moon in December 1972. Featuring rare footage of the last moonwalk, and interviews with former astronauts, including Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, the documentary shares Cernan’s personal story of fulfilment, love and loss. The Last Man on the Moon charts Eugene “Gene” Cernan’s incredible career from a Top Gun Naval pilot, to an early Nasa astronaut and the last of the 12 men to ever set foot on the moon. Director Mark Craig (Talk To Me, The Flying Scot) takes us on an intimate journey, encapsulating the pioneering-spirit and at times brutality of early space travel.
- 4/7/2016
- by Dave Owen
- Pure Movies
Photo: M.Craig
Georges Méliès’ A Trip To The Moon, Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, HBO’s “From The Earth To The Moon.” Since the birth of cinema, audiences have been preoccupied with trips to our closest celestial body. Hollywood and Nasa merge once again – this time to tell the story of Captain Gene Cernan in the documentary The Last Man On The Moon.
This is the story of one of the very few men who went to the moon not only once, but twice. He first went to the moon on the Apollo 10 mission. It was the dress rehearsal for Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. His next flight was Apollo 17, the last time men would go to the moon. Riding aboard a Saturn V rocket, the largest and most powerful and impressive rocket that ever successfully flew, he was on man’s last mission to explore earth’s closest neighbor.
Georges Méliès’ A Trip To The Moon, Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, HBO’s “From The Earth To The Moon.” Since the birth of cinema, audiences have been preoccupied with trips to our closest celestial body. Hollywood and Nasa merge once again – this time to tell the story of Captain Gene Cernan in the documentary The Last Man On The Moon.
This is the story of one of the very few men who went to the moon not only once, but twice. He first went to the moon on the Apollo 10 mission. It was the dress rehearsal for Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. His next flight was Apollo 17, the last time men would go to the moon. Riding aboard a Saturn V rocket, the largest and most powerful and impressive rocket that ever successfully flew, he was on man’s last mission to explore earth’s closest neighbor.
- 3/15/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When it comes to sci-fi movies, Gene Cernan, 81, isn't a big fan. After all, the guy hasn't even gotten around to watching Stanley Kubrick's 1968 classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. And yet, he admits that he "loved" The Martian, especially the scene where Best Actor nominee Matt Damon's character staves off disaster by his ingenious use of duct tape. Then again, it's probably no wonder Cernan got a kick out of Ridley Scott's space epic - especially since he once used duct tape to repair a busted fender on the lunar rover during his last voyage to the moon in 1972. "Duct tape,...
- 2/26/2016
- by Johnny Dodd, @Johnny_Dodd
- PEOPLE.com
When it comes to sci-fi movies, Gene Cernan, 81, isn't a big fan. After all, the guy hasn't even gotten around to watching Stanley Kubrick's 1968 classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. And yet, he admits that he "loved" The Martian, especially the scene where Best Actor nominee Matt Damon's character staves off disaster by his ingenious use of duct tape. Then again, it's probably no wonder Cernan got a kick out of Ridley Scott's space epic - especially since he once used duct tape to repair a busted fender on the lunar rover during his last voyage to the moon in 1972. "Duct tape,...
- 2/26/2016
- by Johnny Dodd, @Johnny_Dodd
- PEOPLE.com
The Apollo program was a time when true space travel happened. The United States wasn’t just going into space and coming back, it was sending men to another celestial body in our universe. The stakes were very high.
Everything had to work – spacesuits could not leak, rocket engines absolutely had to fire, life support systems could not fail. When you’re a quarter of a million miles away from earth, there are no safety nets. No rescue missions were possible.
What started out as a presidential goal in the early 1960’s turned into the most impressive feat of all mankind. We did something no other country ever did or has done since. Not only once, but six times.
Now comes the story of Gene Cernan – one of the very few men who went to the moon not only once, but twice. He first went to the moon on the Apollo 10 mission.
Everything had to work – spacesuits could not leak, rocket engines absolutely had to fire, life support systems could not fail. When you’re a quarter of a million miles away from earth, there are no safety nets. No rescue missions were possible.
What started out as a presidential goal in the early 1960’s turned into the most impressive feat of all mankind. We did something no other country ever did or has done since. Not only once, but six times.
Now comes the story of Gene Cernan – one of the very few men who went to the moon not only once, but twice. He first went to the moon on the Apollo 10 mission.
- 1/18/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Amy Schumer and Bill Hader in TrainwreckPhoto: Universal Pictures With Sundance just wrapping up and Berlin starting up in a few days, we are now immersed in the year-long barrage of film festivals. One such festival in South By Southwest. A few weeks back they announced the first seven films of their program, including the opening night film Brand: A Second Coming. Today, they have revealed the rest of the features to be shown in March (except for the midnight program), and some of it has me very excited. The bigger titles announced do not do much for me. Paul Feig's Spy, starring Melissa McCarthy, and the Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart starrer Get Hard leave a lot to be desired in terms of anticipation, as does a work in progress cut of Judd Apatow's latest film Trainwreck. I'm guessing an Apatow work in progress is probably around three and a half hours.
- 2/3/2015
- by Mike Shutt
- Rope of Silicon
South by Southwest, the multi-faceted film, music and technology festival held annually in Austin, TX will feature such upcoming films as Paul Feig’s Spy, David Gordon Green’s Manglehorn, Alex Gibney’s documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, and Ondi Timoner’s Russell Brand profile Brand: A Second Coming as headliners in this year’s film festival lineup.
SXSW runs from March 13 to 21 in Austin and is now in its 22nd year. Variety has details of the 145 films and 100 world premieres bowing at this year’s festival. Brand, as previously reported, will be the festival’s opening night film.
Other notable titles on the list are the Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart comedy Get Hard, a rough cut of Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, the directorial debut of 28 Days Later screenwriter Alex Garland, Ex Machina, and a new comedy by Michael Showalter, Hello, My Name is Doris.
On the small screen,...
SXSW runs from March 13 to 21 in Austin and is now in its 22nd year. Variety has details of the 145 films and 100 world premieres bowing at this year’s festival. Brand, as previously reported, will be the festival’s opening night film.
Other notable titles on the list are the Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart comedy Get Hard, a rough cut of Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, the directorial debut of 28 Days Later screenwriter Alex Garland, Ex Machina, and a new comedy by Michael Showalter, Hello, My Name is Doris.
On the small screen,...
- 2/3/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
The film begins at a rodeo in Austin, Texas. An elderly man sits in the stand watching the bull buck its rider furiously; a symbol of America, a daredevil pushing himself to his limits just because. Then we cut to grainy old footage of a space flight simulator, rotating its pilot at a dizzying speed inside a Nasa training facility. The elderly man, a face alone in the rodeo crowd, was once the same man we see spinning endlessly in this simulation module. This is Eugene ‘Gene’ Cernan, the ‘last man on the Moon,’ an ordinary citizen made forever extraordinary by the fact that he was the last to leave his footprints on the lunar surface.
In the tradition of all good movies about space travel, Mark Craig’s The Last Man on the Moon carries big ideas. Both the film and Cernan ask what has driven mankind to travel beyond our own planet.
In the tradition of all good movies about space travel, Mark Craig’s The Last Man on the Moon carries big ideas. Both the film and Cernan ask what has driven mankind to travel beyond our own planet.
- 6/14/2014
- by Brogan Morris
- We Got This Covered
Documentary tells story of Captain Eugene Cernan, the glamour of the Apollo astronaut's lifestyle – and the cost to his family
In 1972 Apollo 17 astronaut Captain Eugene Cernan became the last man on the moon. Cernan, a Us Navy fighter pilot handpicked by Nasa in 1966 despite not applying for the space programme, nor having gone to test pilot school, went on to fly three space missions. He is the only person to have descended to the moon in a lunar module twice and holds the world record for the highest speed attained by a manned vehicle after the crew of Apollo 10 reached 24,791 mph during re-entry.
Cernan's story is told by director Mark Craig in Last Man on the Moon, a documentary screening at this year's Sheffield Doc/Fest. Craig shows the Apollo astronauts – now in their 80s – recalling an era when America had a presidential mandate to be daring, a license to venture into the unknown.
In 1972 Apollo 17 astronaut Captain Eugene Cernan became the last man on the moon. Cernan, a Us Navy fighter pilot handpicked by Nasa in 1966 despite not applying for the space programme, nor having gone to test pilot school, went on to fly three space missions. He is the only person to have descended to the moon in a lunar module twice and holds the world record for the highest speed attained by a manned vehicle after the crew of Apollo 10 reached 24,791 mph during re-entry.
Cernan's story is told by director Mark Craig in Last Man on the Moon, a documentary screening at this year's Sheffield Doc/Fest. Craig shows the Apollo astronauts – now in their 80s – recalling an era when America had a presidential mandate to be daring, a license to venture into the unknown.
- 6/8/2014
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
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