****SPOILERS AHEAD!!**** To those, like myself, who’ve ever met Nichelle Nichols at a sci-fi convention before, you get a feeling almost like being in the presence of royalty; she is both charming and regal, yet disarming with her earthly candor (and her laugh). Director Todd Thompson has assembled a documentary that tells many of the…
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A Tale of Two Cities: Star Trek’s “City on the Edge of Forever” (1967)…
****GUARDIAN OF FOREVER-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!**** “City on the Edge of Forever” is a highly praised episode of the original Star Trek series (TOS). It’s the episode that usually makes many fan favorites’ list. Is it one of my personal favorites? Yes, absolutely. But could it have been better? That’s debatable. For much of my Star…
“The Man From Earth: Holocene” (2017) isn’t aging gracefully….
*****14,000 YEARS OF SPOILERS!!***** In The Beginning… After reviewing “The Man From Earth” (2007) only a week or so ago, and doing a retrospective on “One Million Years B.C.” (1966) shortly afterward, you might think I was on a caveman binge lately, but no, it wasn’t intentional. However, after reviewing “The Man From Earth”, I…
“The Man From Earth” (2007) is a centuries-spanning epic told over a single evening…
****14,000 YEARS OF SPOILERS!!**** About ten years ago, I stumbled across a movie I’d heard about, but had (for some reason) resisted watching, until one day curiosity got the better of me and I bought the DVD of “The Man From Earth” (2007). This film was the last screenplay by sci-fi legend Jerome Bixby (“Twilight…
Trouble in paradise: “Star Trek: Insurrection” (1998)…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!****** “It was the best of times…” December of 1998 was not only a great time to be a Star Trek fan (two Star Trek series on the air, several movies, tons of popular toys/collectibles, etc), it was also a great time for me personally, as well. I was engaged to “she who is…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.13: “That Hope Is You, Part 2” ends season three with optimism and change…
****STARBASE-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!!**** Forgive the lateness of this column, but unfortunately the horrific events of yesterday’s attempted armed coup at the heart of the United States’ government was very upsetting. It took me a bit longer to lose myself again in a fantasy universe after witnessing such an unsettling reality unfold. However, Star Trek is…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.11: “Su’kal” is a mystery wrapped in an enigma…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!!***** The latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s third season, “Su’kal”, is available on CBS-AA, and it is the first episode following the departure of regular cast member Michelle Yeoh. Written by Anne Coffell Saunders (“Battlestar Galactica”) and directed by Norma Bailey, “Su’kal” also unravels the mystery of the galaxy-wide calamity known as…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.10: “Terra Firma, Part 2”
****SPACETIME DOORWAY-SIZED SPOILERS!!**** The conclusion to last week’s episode of Star Trek: Discovery is now available for streaming on CBS-All Access. “Terra Firma, Part 2” is written by Kalinda Vasquez, Bo Yeoh Kim, Erika Lippolt, Alan McElroy and directed by Chloe Domont. Overall, the story is a fitting sendoff to the character of Philippa Georgiou…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.9: “Terra Firma, Part 1” puts Georgiou center stage…
****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!**** The ninth episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s third season is now available for streaming on CBS All Access, and it’s a return to a very familiar place for Star Trek fans, going all the way back to The Original Series. Written by Alan McElroy from a story by Bo Yeon Kim and Erika…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.5: “Die Trying” sows a few space seeds…
Written by Sean Cochran & James Duff, and directed by Maja Vrvilo, the fifth episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s stellar third season, “Die Trying,” is now available for streaming on CBS-All Access. While the title may sound like a cheesy ‘80s action flick, this elegant entry is anything but, as the temporally-displaced starship Discovery and…
Is “Star Trek: Nemesis” (2002) all that bad? Yes it is, but…
Written by “Gladiator” scribe John Logan (who also wrote 2012’s “Skyfall”) and directed by famed editor Stuart Baird (who clearly had little-to-no feel for the material), “Star Trek: Nemesis” (2002) is one of the most derided entries of the Star Trek film canon. For this overview, I’m going to skip the traditional synopsis, and just…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.4, “Forget Me Not” explores troubles with the Trill…
The latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery, “Forget Me Not” (now available for streaming on CBS-All Access) continues the winning streak we’ve seen in the previous three installments of this series’ stronger, more confident third season under new showrunner Michelle Paradise. That this previously stumbling series seems to have found its footing in year three…
