Many a cinephile has asked themselves the question: What if Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, the avant-garde 1972 sci-fi classic about a widowed space explorer forced to grapple with his grief while on a mission to a mysterious planet, starred Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan as a fracturing married couple, alongside Paul Dano as the voice of a giant benevolent space spider? And what if Isabella Rossellini were the leader of Czechoslovakia's space program, which somehow, in this universe's alternate version of political and technological history, was the best-equipped in the world to send a manned mission to the outer reaches of Jupiter? The result of that mashup might be something like Spaceman, an oddball psychological drama from the Swedish director Johan Renck, best known for a long résumé of music videos and lately for helming all five episodes of the acclaimed HBO miniseries Chernobyl. The script, adapted by Colby Day from the 2017 novel Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar, leaves many questions unanswered. If the mission of Sandler's character--the depressive, remote, and career-obsessed Jakub--is so significant to humanity's future, it isn't clear why he would have been sent into space all alone.

Adam Sandler is an absolute talent in the entertainment business and a comic genius. Sandler has a lengthy, excellent résumé that spans more than three decades, and he has consistently demonstrated his dominance in his field. Have you seen his specials from his stand-up comedy? Audiences love Sandler's distinct delivery and flair, which never fails to make them laugh. His talent, though, extends beyond.

The Legend of Zelda games have an amazing sense of adventure that ought to translate well to an animated series. But videogame journalist Blake J. Harris says that Nintendo's only attempt at a Zelda cartoon, in 1989, is spoiled by its unlikeable protagonist. "There was nothing that showed me that Link was loyal to anyone, or treated other people like family, or respectfully, or did things for the right reasons," Harris says in Episode 421 of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. "So I was like, 'This guy is just a smug jerk.'" Fantasy author Erin Lindsey agrees that Link's personality completely ruins the show.

Netflix has been cranking out a startling amount of original content, including TV shows, documentaries, cartoons, specials, and feature films, and it can make one's head spin to try to navigate it all. The list of feature films alone is intimidating, but over the past several weeks we have been combing through all of them, and watching anything that seemed at least promising. The best part about these titles is that all--barring an apocalypse--will be available on the streaming channel forever, almost like a personal library, available at any time (and available for download for offline viewing on mobile devices). Admittedly, the forgettable stuff outweighs the good stuff, but there is plenty of good stuff to get excited about and to bookmark. Siblings Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, and Elizabeth Marvel argue in The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected).

The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 AMC Sun. Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 EPIX Wed. 10 p.m., Thur. The X-Files: Fight the Future 1998 IFC Thur. Hard to Kill 1990 Sundance Mon. 8 p.m., Tue. A scientist gives his bodyguard superhuman powers in order to fight racists. A lawyer unwittingly becomes friends with an unstable woman who has a criminal history. A successful businesswoman puts her family, career and life on the line to satisfy her addiction to sex. With his father trapped in the wreckage of their spacecraft, a youth treks across Earth's now-hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon and signal for help. In the future a cutting-edge android in the form of a boy embarks on a journey to discover his true nature. An 11-year-old boy experiences the worst day of his young life but soon learns that he's not alone when other members of his family encounter their own calamities. A struggling writer falls in love with a stenographer while trying to finish his new novel in 30 days.