******SPACE RACE SPOILERS!****** I’m still feeling a bit of moon fever after the success of the recent Artemis 2 flight, so this column will examine a relatively obscure moonshot movie from the late 1960s called “Countdown.” Directed by the late iconic filmmaker Robert Altman (“M*A*S*H,” “Nashville,” “The Player”) and produced by actor Willam Conrad (“Ironside”),…
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Retro-Musings: 1975’s “Rollerball” plays a mean game…
*****TRACKSIDE SPOILERS!***** The dystopian sports allegory has been a subgenre of science fiction films since the 1970s. These films usually take place in a not-too distant future where deadly games are presented in a world not unlike the waning days of Ancient Rome, where gladiatorial matches kept the public distracted and docile enough for caesars…