However expansive its interplanetary horizons, “Ad Astra” sets its course for one star above all. The film is Brad Pitt in close-up, a lot. Now: Can audiences who like the sound of that, hot off ...

With “Ad Astra,” director James Gray (“Lost City of Z”) has made a father-son “Apocalypse Now” in deep space, in which astronauts Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones square off like Willard and Kurtz in the ...

When somebody asks Brad Pitt what he did this summer, here’s how he should respond: “Resuscitated my acting career!” Although the movie star’s best days seemed well behind him, he has, out of nowhere, ...

Having stayed rigorously close to his native New York for much of his career, writer-director James Gray has lately been making up for lost time. His last film, “The Lost City of Z,” journeyed into ...

“Ad Astra” is an action movie about the value of human connection. As such, it unwittingly and helplessly underlines how bad action movies can be at depicting human connection. The film is set in the ...