Patrick Wilson
(Picture: Reiner Bajo)Film titles can be so evocative and the words “moon” and “fall”, when used properly, blaze like fireworks (Moonraker. Skyfall. Case closed). Put them together, however, and the result is bathetic (think “mournful”, as pronounced by a drunk). Luckily, Moonfall itself is no damp squib. It may be a hymn to hogwash, but this sci fi disaster romp from Roland Emmerich – about an attempt to save the Earth and the moon by blowing up a gyrating AI worm – knows exactly what it’s doing and has a secret weapon in marvellous Mancunian John Bradley.
The latter isn’t technically a newbie. He’s been known as Sam Tarly, aka Ser Piggy in Game of Thrones. Still, this definitely counts as a breakthrough performance and given all the galactic chicanery, surely I can get away with saying a star is born?
