In a modern movie landscape dominated by mega franchises, 2024 is looking mighty odd indeed. Yes, we’ve got films coming from DC, Marvel, Transformers, Lord of the Rings, and a few others, but almost all of them are slightly off-brand. The Transformers and Lord of the Rings movies are animated.
Adam Sandler’s next movie for Netflix takes him to space for what at first seems like, as far as space movies go, a down-to-earth exploration of the pressures long-term extraplanetary missions can put on even the most intrepid explorers. Then the Paul Dano spider shows up, and things only get more intense from there.
