Apollo 101/2: A Space Age Childhood

From Dazed and Confused to Boyhood, writer/director Richard Linklater is a master at capturing the emotional wonders of time gone by. Now he literally illustrates his own childhood memories in a sweet story set in Texas in 1969. (Fun fact: He shot the action live and then animated it.) Narrated by Jack Black, the film tells the story of a kid named Stan obsessed with the upcoming Apollo 11 launch to the moon. He fantasizes that NASA scientists (Zachary Levi and Glen Powell) recruit him to test a top-secret mission to make sure the launch is good to go. The fantasy is amusing and all, but true to Linklater’s strengths, the love is in the details. Even if you were born decades later, it’s impossible not to empathize with Stan’s endearing tales. 3D glasses aren’t necessary; rose-colored ones will do just fine.