Toronto: With 'The Martian,' Ridley Scott Returns to Form (Review and Roundup)

Remembering that in space, no one can hear you scream, Ridley Scott, 77, shows us yet again a lonely human in the silence of the void. After a riveting opener establishing how and why a near-future team of astronaut/scientists is forced to evacuate the planet Mars as a raging storm hits, leaving behind Mark Watney (Matt Damon), who was knocked off-course by flying debris. They think he's dead.  As the crew led by Commander Lewis (a believably tough Jessica Chastain) return home, NASA starts to figure out that things are moving around at that space base, and that the man they thought dead is very much alive. Facing certain starvation if he doesn't find some food, the astronaut --who...

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