Desperation, anxiety, stubbornly saying yes to survival: If grand struggles are your thing, there are plenty in Ridley Scott’s The Martian, based on Andy Weir’s popular novel, which was first ...
"Get busy living or get busy dying." It's the mantra that motivates wrongly imprisoned Andy Dufresne throughout his brutal 20-year stretch in Shawshank State Prison, and it's safe to assume that "The ...
This post contains spoilers for "The Martian." "The Martian" culminates in a brave rescue mission after Dr. Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is accidentally left behind on Mars during a dust storm. This ...
The Martian (2015) This line is delivered by Mark Watney (Matt Damon) in one of the film’s most grounded and deeply human ...
In the last two years alone, Hollywood has produced three major sci-fi space movies—and two of them star Matt Damon. The Martian, though, stands out from its predecessors in two ways: protagonist Mark ...
"I'm going to have to science the shit out of this," says Mark Watney (Matt Damon) early in The Martian—and it's hard to imagine a more essential manifesto for the 21st century. Watney, as it happens, ...