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The Film: Back in 2015, Drew Goddard adapted Andy Weir's epic sci-fi novel "The Martian" for acclaimed director Sir Ridley Scott, resulting in a cinematic triumph praised by critics & audiences, one which was ultimately a major box office success that received an impressive seven Oscar nominations (including Best Picture). Eleven years later, Goddard has turned to Weir once again to adapt another of his epic works called "Project Hail Mary," this time for directors Phil Lord

The Film: Earlier this year, a little film with the bizarre title of "Is God Is," based on the acclaimed 2008 Off-Broadway play of the same name by Aleshea Harris, landed in theaters to a rather fascinating split reaction between critics and audiences. The former praised it for the most part, while the latter had a far more mixed reaction, that is, from the very few that went to see it. Despite being in a decent amount of theaters, the film was only able to garner about $5 mi

The Film: Much like the horror genre, crime drama is another one of those types of films where it's a little difficult to come up with something truly original, so much so that you pretty much have to go to "Inception" lengths to really pull any surprises. There's a basic mix of ingredients, the details of which you can change around a bit in various ways, but it's basically going to come down to how well the characters are developed and the amount of excitement that can be b

The Show: When the long-awaited & highly-anticipated adaptation of the popular "Fallout" video game series premiered just two years ago, the result was a somewhat surprising mixed offering that had fantastic production value, but faltered a bit when it came to its writing. That is to say, it seemed to take quite a while to get its various storylines moving, and even when they finally did, it still had a little trouble keeping focus on the ones that were most important. As we

The Film: Making a film that takes place in real time is always a remarkably delicate tightrope walk. Not only does the continuity have to be strictly on point, but before you even get there, you have to make sure that the story itself is one that can withstand the pressure of being told in such a specific fashion. That is to ask, is it engaging & compelling enough to keep the audience's attention or will seeing every detail across every minute of its telling merely bore them

The Film: As we've seen with the multitude of Stephen King adaptations over the years, it's usually the very best ones that will be brought up in discussion over and over again, like "The Shining," "Misery," "The Green Mile," etc., but then there are ones that no one seems to mention, like horror maestro George A. Romero's 1993 adaptation of King's 1989 novel "The Dark Half." Naturally, one's inclination would be that it must not be very good, especially after seeing the rath