By JOHN WIRT Having already taken moviegoers on scary journeys in the great zombie flick, 28 Days Later, and comically harrowing drug tale, Trainspotting, British director Danny Boyle travels to space for the brilliant Sunshine.

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By Betsy Pickle If you're ready to take a breathe

By DUANE DUDEK Humanity is great. I'm all for saving humanity. But when are we going to stop sending humans into space to do a robot's job? The empathy and intuition that people use to improvise their way around a problem are the same qualities that usually cause their problems in the first place.

By Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jul. 27--In the thin atmosphere of deep space, "Sunshine" at first appears brighter than it actually is.