NASA is still trying to put a man on Mars. Which is a fine endeavor. But when “The Martian” debuted in 2015, I felt we‘d be better served if NASA had put its considerable resources toward helping to ...

In Ridley Scott's 2015 film "The Martian," based on the novel by Andy Weir, Matt Damon plays an astronaut named Mark Watney who, due to an unexpected storm, is stranded on the surface of Mars during a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ridley Scott is a cinematic legend, having directed ground-breaking titles like "Thelma & Louise," "Blade Runner," and his 1979 sci-fi box ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

We’ve all been there, you’re sitting at the movies and watching the latest very entertaining Hollywood blockbuster, and you stop and think, “Well, wait...That’s not how it would happen! That’s not ...

Derelict spaceships. Chest-bursting monsters. Brutal mutations. In his past two trips to space, Ridley Scott’s (“Alien, Prometheus”) main aesthetic has been darkness, doom and fear of the unknown.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2015, Matt Damon starred in one of the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century. Director Ridley Scott helmed an adaptation of ...

In 2011, author Andy Weir took a bet on himself and self-published his debut novel, The Martian, online. The book subsequently became a bestseller, which was in turn adapted as a film by director ...

In the 2015 film The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon, is stranded on the red planet after his crew leaves him for dead in the wake of a violent dust storm. Faced with dwindling ...