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One classic after another: A closer look at the 10 Oscar nominees for best picture

Here are Stars and Stripes staffers’ thoughts on the 10 best picture Oscar nominees this year -- and one film that perhaps ...

Rousing 'Project Hail Mary' is 2026's first great movie – Review

The science is accessible and Ryan Gosling is a superb Everyman in the excellent space adventure "Project Hail Mary," based on Andy Weir's novel.
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'War Machine's' Alan Ritchson and director Patrick Hughes on why they filmed the action flick 'like a horror movie' (interview)

'I just wanted to make a film that was completely non-stop from start to end.' ...

Queue these up: What to watch on Netflix and more in March

From Netflix arrivals like “The Lego Movie” and “Misery” to Oscar nominees, here’s what to watch this month. The post Queue these up: What to watch on Netflix and more in March appeared first on ...

Project Hail Mary is popcorn sci-fi at its best

Part buddy comedy, part hard sci-fi epic, and it somehow works. Have you ever wondered what Arrival would be like if it was ...

‘Project Hail Mary’ Review: Ryan Gosling in a Lavish but Derivative Outer-Space Adventure

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's lone-astronaut saga wants to be "Interstellar" meets "E.T.," but it's too long and too cutely formulaic.
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Crabmeat is a horror game about catching crabs—no, not like that

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Just like XCOM, superhero comedy Dispatch cheats random percentages of success in the player's favor: 'anything that had over a 76% success chance would automatically succeed'

When Firaxis's XCOM remake came out a constant complaint in the comments was that its random number generator was clearly cheating against players. Someone would miss a 95% chance, or God forbid a ...