As our society has watched the likes of billionaire Richard Branson and Amazon mastermind Jeff Bezos proclaim themselves interstellar pioneers with their recent self-funded forays to the edge of space, it’s serendipitous to see a newly released movie about people inhabiting Mars following an ecological disaster on Earth and a story that unfolds where things predictably go awry.  Though said effort, entitled “Settlers” and helmed by Wyatt Rockefeller, foregoes the sleek spacecraft Branson & Bezos have both commandeered in favor of a stark, eroded landscape appropriate for the red planet.

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The Tribeca Film Festival is almost wrapped up, but that doesn’t mean a few key titles aren’t playing. Screening Friday night was the sci-fi thriller, “Settlers,” with the strong cast of Sofia Boutella (“Star Trek Beyond“), Ismael Cruz Córdova (HBO‘s “The Undoing“), Brooklynn Prince (“The Florida Project“), Nell Tiger Free (M.

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A lot can happen in 20 years. Marriage, families, divorce, death, addiction, recovery, success, failure, birth….you get the idea. And for Renton (Ewan McGregor), Spud (Ewan Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle), their wild lives could’ve gone in any direction after “Trainspotting.” Well, we’re about to find out what’s happened to them all as the first trailer for Danny Boyle‘s “T2: Trainspotting” (yeah, I still don’t know about that title either) has landed.

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In 1996, Danny Boyle‘s “Trainspotting” asked a generation — via the antics of junkie lowlives — to take a look at their future:

Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home.

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