'I'm chomping at the bit': Neil deGrasse Tyson to host movie event in Columbus

Known to point out the scientific inaccuracies of TV shows and films, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will take audiences through a series of entertaining reviews of classic and modern blockbusters when he visits Columbus on Sept. 21.

Presented by the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts, the host of National Geographic's “StarTalk” will take center stage at the Palace Theatre for "Neil deGrasse Tyson: An Astrophysicist goes to the Movies."

From "Star Wars" to "The Martian," Tyson, 62, will explore the scientific elements of movies and determine which filmmakers got them wrong, or, surprisingly, got them right.

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