“Project Hail Mary” (2026) is an odyssey of friendship across the stars…

******SUN-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Few movies lately have filled me with as much anticipation as “Project Hail Mary” (2026), which I’ve waited nearly five years to see on the big screen, after devouring the 2021 novel by Andy Weir (“The Martian,” “Artemis”). The movie is being adapted by Drew Goddard, who previously adapted Weir’s “The Martian” for…

“Barbie” tells a different kind of ‘Toy Story’…

*****DREAMHOUSE-SIZED SPOILERS***** I don’t go to the movies much these days. The COVID pandemic reinforced my natural introvert tendencies, and after buying a digital projector, my wife and I have spoiled ourselves rotten with theatrical-looking movie nights right at home. However, this past Sunday was “National Cinema Day,” where most movie theaters across the US…