15 March 2026 – I went to see ‘Project Hail Mary’ on my own at The Odeon’ on an isense screen, which was my first experience of that technology.  At first, I found it irritating, but by the time I left, it had felt like a good experience, but not necessarily one that I will seek to repeat.  I would, however, repeat the experience of seeing the film again, which is just as well, as Cinema Club are likely to choose this film when it becomes available at the Showcase Cinema.

The film itself is based on a book written by Andy Weir, he of ‘The Martian’ fame.  It is completely engaging from start to finish, with a plot that is, at least, semi believable, and humour thrown-in to fill the gaps.  Ryan Gosling is great in the main role of ‘Ryland Grace’, and ‘Rocky’ provides a good performance, too. 

Overall, the film delivers a generous helping of ‘feel good’ and ‘saving the planet’ kind of mash-up, greatly favoured by the blockbuster manufacturers, and the cinema-going public, including me, who would give it a score of 8.5, whilst Rotten Tomatoes gives it 9.5 (95%) and IMDB has yet to provide a rating, possibly because it is not officially released until 20 March 2026.

We subsequently went to see altogether as the ‘Cinema Club’ on 23 March 2026 when it became available at The Showcase.

Fraser