If a new science fiction film strongly reminds you of a handful of others, how much of a problem is it when those others are among the best things the genre’s done in 25 years? When it comes to the

This new blockbuster starring Gosling as a solo astronaut trying to save humanity is over two-and-a-half hours long – yet manages to be 'zippily entertaining' throughout. From Star Wars to Dune, from Avatar to Independence Day, most science-fiction ...