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The most emotional moments in 'The Martian' aren't when we hear Whatney talk about his family, or see the crew react to his being stranded, they're when we watch the characters figure out how to make impossible things possible. 'The Martian' has many such moments.

For an Alien-based story, Out of the Shadows does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It’s Ripley and pals vs. Aliens, with all the face-huggering, hive-resinning, chest-bursting mayhem you can shake a plasma torch at.

The New Year's Day Film tradition is about more than entertainment or opening the year with something enjoyable. It’s about establishing a state of mind, acknowledging that things aren’t perfect, never will be, but remaining focused on what’s most important.

'The Counselor' has its moments of detached poetics, its pulse-raising sequences and humorous or insightful moments, but they don’t come together in a satisfying way, which makes this venerable collaboration all the more disappointing.

Prometheus begins with a standard but solid literary SF premise - scientists searching for the origin of life - but ends in a typical sci-fi movie fashion.