Ad Astra! Is it Rad Astra or Bad Astra??? – Fantastic Fools Podcast #79

On this week edition of “attempting to break down movies that we are not smart enough to break down”, Thomas and James take a look at James Gray’s Ad Astra, starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, and a few surprises. It’s a tragic rumination on isolation, fatherhood, and masculinity, but you wouldn’t know it from listening to this disaster.
1:00 News (Ash is a Champion, Suicide Squad Casting, RDJ in Black Widow, Emmys)
27:42 Ad Astra (no spoilers)
35:48 Ad Astra (SPOILERS)
50:20 Watchlist (James Acaster’s Repertoire, T2 Trainspotting, minor spoilers for Ad Astra)
Hot Take of the week: Two Paul Rudd’s is more than One