By Aislinn O’ Keeffe Spoiler Alert Project Hail Mary is a sci-fi adaptation of a novel by Andy Weir, published in 2021. The story revolves around teacher Ryland Grace, played by Ryan Gosling, who wakes up to find himself alone on a spaceship floating near a sun over 11 light years from Earth. A series of flashbacks over the course of

By Jonathan Diebold In the middle-part of the 20th century, as the post-war economic boom took hold, for some, the economic and technological progress of capitalism seemed unstoppable. This idealistic outlook was reflected in what has been described by critics as the “golden-age” of science fiction: utopian narratives prevailed, with endless technological progress under capitalism shown to overcome all obstacles.