With 'Project Hail Mary' opening in theaters, here are several essential films that explore the strange, high-stakes ...

The actor plays a molecular biologist trying to help save the world in this upbeat science-fiction fantasy from Phil Lord and ...

A lone astronaut must rely on science and instinct to confront a threat beyond Earth.

After decades of “Alien” movies (and their rip-offs) convincing us that deep space alien encounters end with bloody bodily destruction, directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller suggest in their ...

Ryan Gosling in “Project Hail Mary” Photo credit: Columbia Pictures Heroism is rarely graceful. More often, it stands awkward and uncertain, but sometimes the only way to face the impossible is with a ...

Long shoots can push actors in unexpected ways, and Ryan Gosling found a strange but funny solution while filming Project ...

From isolated lunar bases to interstellar odysseys and distant galaxies, these 15 films explore humanity’s courage, survival and wonder, turning the infinite void of space into a stage for stories ...

What if running into an alien while far from home wasn’t necessarily terrifying? After decades of “Alien” movies (and their rip-offs) convincing us that deep space alien encounters end with ...

Long shoots can push actors in unexpected ways, and Ryan Gosling found a strange but funny solution while filming Project Hail Mary. The actor revealed he bonded with a makeshift “mop friend” to cope ...

Project Hail Mary finds its spark in companionship, turning equations and extinction-level stakes into something unexpectedly ...

Director Patrick Hughes reveals the literal nightmare that inspired his "grueling" action-horror hybrid and why Alan Ritchson is the modern-day Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Ryan Gosling has played a lot of different characters over the years, but Project Hail Mary might ask more from him than any ...