This week in the Breakdown, we’ve got a bit of nostalgia mixed in with a couple of under-appreciated indies. In the last edition of our DVD/Blu-ray feature, there wasn’t much on the new release front, but a Blu-ray Lord of the Rings kept plenty of home video lovers occupied. Now that the trilogy is in the “L” section of your collection, what will this week bring?

Let’s just say one new release didn’t do so hot in the box office and the other didn’t even make it there. At least the re-releases are some of cinema’s most revered classics in their respective genres.

Next week will feature a handful of new releases that actually filled some seats in theaters and a long-awaited Blu-ray ...

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Everyone has looked up into a clear evening sky to conduct their own survey of distant pinpricks in the regularly-occurring blackness. Passing aircraft, the stars and that which is always largest in the night sky – the Moon.

July 20, 2009, marks the 40th Anniversary of man landing on the Moon, and to showcase a different flavor of that same obsession, Screen Rant‘s newest writer (yours truly), dons his newly-minted writing/explorer spacesuit to provide a listing of the Top 5 Astronaut Movies – a look back at the best storytelling that put you into the shoes of those who have TRULY gone boldly where we hope many more men (and women) will eventually go.

Cultures that predate written records have told stories of the moon. From the legendary tales of ancient African tribes, to the technology-laden yarns of  ...

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