10 years later, ‘The Martian’ is still Ridley Scott’s biggest hit and funniest movie

The scene explaining the Rich Purnell Maneuver embodies the tone of the movie. Rich Purnell, an astrophysicist played by Donald Glover, devises a plan to save Watney by having the Hermes accelerate ...
The Tufts Daily

'The Martian' takes viewers to new frontier

“The Martian,” Ridley Scott’s new space adventure starring Matt Damon as botanist Mark Watney, is not what everyone thought it would be. Trailers foretold a pulse accelerating thriller fueled by ...
Staten Island Advance

'The Martian' review: Matt Damon is optimistic face of uplifting, entertaining sci-fi

As Tom Hanks struggled to survive in "Apollo 13," and Sandra Bullock dug deep in "Gravity," Matt Damon does his best to not die in a hostile environment in "The Martian." On the surface of Mars, Damon ...