I, Alone: A Review of ‘Ad Astra’

N. Lewis
4 min readOct 1, 2019
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My sister and I went to a Vietnamese grab-and-go and smuggled our selections into a fancy AMC to catch a matinee showing of Ad Astra. Despite two semesters of Latin, it took the title cards to educate me on the meaning. To the stars. Who’s going to them? Why? What are they looking for among them?

There is an ageless tale, of a father and son, the former a brilliant thinker and builder, the latter eclipsed…

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N. Lewis

Secular nun, media and participatory culture enthusiast, Bad Democrat, and shambolic mess. Occasional observations and rants guaranteed.