When Project Hail Mary debuted in theaters last month, people lost their minds over it. Fair enough. It's truly compelling to watch Ryan Gosling floating around in space and slowly piecing together ...

Popularized by H.G. Wells' novel, The War of the Worlds, a common trope in science fiction is, of course, the moment of first contact between humans and intelligent extraterrestrial life. The concept ...

GENRE MOVIES ARE LIKE geology: There are long stretches of gradual, creeping change, and then there are unexpected interruptions that shake everything up. These outliers are the things we remember.