What if running into an alien while far from home wasn’t necessarily terrifying? After decades of “Alien” movies (and their rip-offs) convincing us that deep space alien encounters end with bloody bodily destruction,

Now entering the pantheon of lost-and-alone movies is “Project Hail Mary,” a hugely entertaining — and just plain huge — surprise during a depressing month that’s typically Hollywood’s dumping ground ...

Here we talk space movies, Gosling seeking these kinds of core memory movies for his family too, and his co-star alien friend “Rocky.”