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Veteran’s Review: First Man

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Wes O'Donnell
Jan 29, 2019
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Let’s get the controversy out of the way up front. Academy award-winning director Damien Chazelle’s film on the life of Neil Armstrong was met with outrage before it was initially released in theaters in October 2018.

Why?

Many were upset that Chazelle chose not to show Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planting the American flag on the surface of the moon d…

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