Go see <em>Project Hail Mary</em> as soon as possible

I caught the movie on the big screen at the famous TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, and it was absolutely worth seeing in such a large venue. The film has a bombastic and consistent visual language, with recurring motifs of bright colors (which you can get a real sense of from the various trailers). It’s also loud—there are a couple of jump scares that seemed designed to literally lift you out of your seat, so be prepared.

In spite of the deadly serious subject matter—the extinction of all life everywhere is pretty heavy!—it’s very much a celebratory movie, earning its PG-13 rating by never falling too far into existential despair. The tone throughout is hopeful, even when things seem grim—perhaps a bit of a departure from the book, which is much more Martian-like and which stacks problem after seemingly unsolvable problem onto ...