Before Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, the 1977 animated Hobbit captured Tolkien’s tone and storytelling better than most adaptations.

The science is accessible and Ryan Gosling is a superb Everyman in the excellent space adventure "Project Hail Mary," based on Andy Weir's novel.

Project Hail Mary is an immediate modern classic. This is one of those films we'll look back on as one of the defining films of the 2020s. We're talking Interstellar's prowess, Gravity's technical ...

Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback ...

If you're wondering why the Prototype looks nothing like his shrine in Poppy Playtime Deep Sleep, we might have the answer.

Andy Weir’s novels, and the films they spawn, have been praised for their scientific accuracy – but not by everyone. Which is just how he likes it.

Jack Seale of The Guardian gives it 3 out of 5 stars, in part for its photorealistic visual effects, but Morgan Freeman ’s ...

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Ryan Gosling’s new science fiction movie shows an astronaut who saves the world and dies to self. Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary.

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With the release of “The Bride!” we asked scholars, film curators and experts in Mary Shelley’s work why so few women have tackled the Frankenstein story — and the impact that has on how we make sense ...

Our kleptocratic rulers are insulated from the effects of the wars they start, Oliver Bullough writes for the Oligarchy newsletter ...