Apollo 18

Houston, we have BIG problems.

So goes the most recent sci-fi thriller to hit the big screen.

It turns out that Apollo 17 in 1972 was not the final Apollo mission, as officially declared due to budget constraints.

Hours of recently discovered footage is spliced together from Department of Defense archives, revealing a secret mission dubbed Apollo 18.

Three men launch toward the moon under cloak of darkness and land safely.

Then, stuff happens. Noisy, shocking, creeping stuff.

How many return home safely?

And what do the Russians have to do with this?

Check it out, and bring a date to squeeze.

Afterward, we cozied up in the living room and cued up "Apollo 13" for a more heartwarming change of pace.