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Despite its length and the reuse of ideas, Avatar remains a solid franchise — and Cameron continues to prove that some ...

Based on the novel by The Martian author Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary stars Ryan Gosling as a school teacher dispatched to save Earth's sun from dying.

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During its original network run in the 1960s, Star Trek was famously saved from cancellation twice by fan letter-writing ...

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