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17. Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure

Spin Me Round
Netflix

Richard Linklater's first movie for a streaming platform is an animated coming-of-age comedy that employs similar rotoscoping animation techniques that the director previously used on the acclaimed Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly.

Loosely based on Linklater's own childhood, Apollo 10 1/2 is centered around 1969's Apollo 11 Moon landing and one man's (Jack Black) recollection of his own fantastical memories of the period.

Between the unique, eye-popping animation, solid cast, and sheer sweetness of the story, this is a Linklater film that feels at once different and familiar, paying firm tribute to the singular, nostalgic optimism of 1960s America and what it means to an entire generation.

Apollo 10½ hits Netflix on April 1.

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