The subject of space is a difficult one in terms of selecting films. Qualifying elements are somewhat subjective. Does the film have to take place in space? Must it include aliens?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Moon" does something extraordinary: It seems familiar and derivative, yet upends your expectations about science fiction and surprises you over and over.

David Bowie's son Duncan Jones is wowing film critics with his directorial debut - a tense space drama called Moon. The film, starring Sam Rockwell as a lonely astronaut mining helium on the far side

Since the dawn of the American cinematic blockbuster in the late 1970s and early 1980s, moviegoers have eagerly waited for May - the unofficial beginning of summertime. This summer is no different.

NEW YORK (AP) - Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on. The comedian's DNA will be digitized and sent to the International Space Station,

Movies tank all of the time. Just last weekend the new X-Files movie only managed to make a few dozen live chickens at the box office. Still that's not too bad

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Snow White, Dorothy Gale, the HAL 9000 computer, Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp and Marlon Brando's Godfather share top billing

Mel Gibson movies Braveheart, Apocalypto and The Patriot have all been named and shamed among the most historically inaccurate films ever made.

''Be Kind Rewind,'' the latest fantasy from the exceedingly fertile imagination of writer-director Michel Gondry, contains a wonderful nugget of an idea that will appeal to both regular moviegoers and hardcore film geeks alike.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Frank Rosenfelt, who as chairman and CEO of MGM Studios helped green-light such classic movies as ''Network'' and ''Doctor Zhivago,'' has died. He was 85.