Science Fiction

The Astronaut

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  • Title: The Astronaut
  • IMDb: link

I’ll give Kate Mara credit for taking unusual projects. However, when they don’t work they really don’t work. The Astronaut starts out as a psychological thriller with Mara cast as our astronaut recently returned from space and suffering “common” side effects while kept in seclusion in a secure facility off the grid (which at least makes for an interesting setting as events devolve). Mentioning several times what our astronaut is experiencing is normal, the film continues to push and prod Mara’s character to question her reality and her sanity.

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Maul – Whispers in the Unknown / Pride and Vengeance

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  • Title: Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord – Chapter 3: Whispers in the Unknown | Chapter 4: Pride and Vengeance
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While still including the ill-fated police investigation into finding Maul (Sam Witwer) which I’m already tiring of, “Whispers in the Unknown” and “Pride and Vengeance” give us Maul’s attempts to pull the Jedi Padawan Devon Izara (Gideon Adlon) towards the Dark Side (likely reminding viewers of his similar attempts to win over Ezra Bridger) and get revenge by taking down the Pykes and bending another syndicate to his will.

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Maul – The Dark Revenge

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  • Title: Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord – Chapter 1: The Dark Revenge
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Stuck with one of Star Wars‘ unnecessarily complicated naming conventions, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord – Chapter 1: The Dark Revenge reintroduces the character of Maul setting events of the series prior to those in Star Wars: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story or Solo: A Star Wars Story. As the series opens, Maul (Sam Witwer) is working from the shadows on the planet Janix pitting various underground mobsters against each other while attempting to regain his lost power. By the end of “The Dark Revenge,” one mobster will be dead with another in Maul’s clutches, a police station will be decimated by Maul and his crew (in the highlight action sequence), and the former Sith Lord will come across the unexpected.

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Project Hail Mary

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  • Title: Project Hail Mary
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Drew Goddard, who previously adapted Andy Weir‘s The Martian to the big screen, adapts Weir’s novel Project Hail Mary which stars Ryan Gosling as an outspoken, but reluctant, scientist who is Earth’s last hope for survival. The film plays on many of the same themes of The Martian with our protagonist working out seemingly impossible problems lightyears from home while delving further out of hard science and into science fiction as Ryland Grace (Gosling) finds help in the most unexpected place.

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Monster Trucks

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  • Title: Monster Trucks
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Obviously aimed at kids, Nickelodeon’s Monster Trucks would feel right at home in a double-feature with some of the live-action Disney films of the 50s and 60s (albeit with better special effects). The film follows the misadventures of teenager Tripp (MacGyver‘s Lucas Till) who ends up with a monster in his truck after it is forced out of its natural environment by a local oil drilling company. At first afraid of the creature, Tripp discovers having a monster be the engine of your truck has some advantages.

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