Nights’ resident screen critic Dan Slevin is back with three picks: one in cinemas, one on streaming, and one you can watch entirely for free.

Nights’ resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews Project Hail Mary, a science fiction film in which Ryan Gosling plays an unwilling microbiologist, alone on the edge of the galaxy trying to stop all the stars from dying. When he realises he’s not alone, the fun really begins. In cinemas now.

On paid streaming, Disney+ has Skeleton Crew, an eight-part adventure set in the Star Wars universe. Four school friends from a supposedly safe planet accidentally hitch a ride on a starship and end up at the mercy of space pirates led by Jude Law.

Dan’s free streaming pick is on YouTube: United States of Beauty, a 40-minute meditative film stitched together from still photographs taken aboard the International Space Station.

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details