The Martian: A Review

Yeah, Matt Damon is in this movie...

Given the disappointment of Prometheus (it's a movie both like and find incredibly annoying), The Martian is a far better movie.  Yes it is science fiction, but the engineering is hardly speculative and the movie is really a survival thriller. It got a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.  It basically follows Andy Weir novel, with a few deviations (don't read if you don't want spoilers).

Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara and Kristen Wiig (and the rest of the cast) do a great job.  

Mackenzie Davis as Mindy Park

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Wombat Science Fiction

Instapundit: Mars: The Good, The Bad, and The Ridiculous

Oh shit, I just realized that water on Mars means Matt Damon might survive

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 28, 2015

Federalist: The real message of the Martian

The location was a big star too...

Interstellar: A Review with bonus Rule 5

Wombat gives a good review here…

and Instapundit has his observations here…

I do not want to give the movie away, but it has a few leaps of plausibility. It is still an intelligent film and certainly worth seeing (especially on the big screen).  

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Jessica Chastain actually learned some math for this role…

Jessica Chastain Rule 5

Because she was great in Zero Dark Thirty here is a Rule 5 post for the lovely and talented Jessica Chastain