The Date: January
4
The Movie: First Men in the Moon (1964)
What Is It?: Underrated
adaptation of one of H.G. Wells’s most underrated stories starts slowly and
goofily, but it takes an exciting and dark turn when the crew of a moon rocket
meet up with Ray Harryhausen’s BEMs.
Why Today?: On
this day in 1959, Luna 1 becomes the
first spacecraft to near the moon.
