About this episode

The episode reviews the film adaptation of Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, exploring its craft and performances.

This week, we review Project Hail Mary, the second adaptation of an Andy Weird novel following 2015's The Martian. Teaming up with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a conscripted schoolteacher-turned-astronaut on a mission to save the Earth and its dying sun. There's no denying that Project Hail Mary is the moviegoing event of the year so far, but does it have the craft and performances to elevate it above its crowd-pleasing station? Listen and find out.

People in this episode

Hosts: Derek Wong, Amir Touray, Jeff Zhang

Topics covered

• film review
• adaptation
• science fiction
• Andy Weir
• Ryan Gosling
• directors
• space mission

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Books & works: Project Hail Mary, The Martian, The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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