Shatner in Space
Bill Shatner blasts off in this documentary about his most recent trip to space. Unsurprisingly this Amazon Studios production lionises Jeff Bezos for what we are assured is his environmentalism […]
Tag Archives: Star Trek
The Blogonian Candidate
“Get it done.” Captain Bridger snapped his communicator shut and turned to Lieutenant Varash. “On screen.” “Yes, captain.” The Spolonian gunship flashed into existence as two glowing beams bored into […]
On iPlayer: Westworld
The original Westworld is available on iPlayer over the festive period, probably because it stars Yul Brynner. This 1973 sci-fi/Western is written and directed by Michael “Jurassic Park” Crichton, a […]
Why I was wrong about Star Trek: Insurrection
In 2015 I reviewed Star Trek: Insurrection. In that review I concluded it’s one of the worst Star Trek films, feeling more like a drawn out episode than a proper […]
Quatermass and the Pit
The London Underground has played host to some monstrosities in film over the years: cannibals in Death Line and Creep, werewolves in An American Werewolf in London, and Gwyneth Paltrow […]
Hell or High Water
Chris Pine and Ben Foster co-star in Hell or High Water; not the first time the Star Trek and X-Men universes have converged, and it sure as hell won’t be […]
Star Trek: Nemesis
We reach the end of our Star Trek voyage with Nemesis, the 2002 finalé in which Picard (Patrick Stewart) confronts his evil clone Shinzon (Tom Hardy). You might be thinking: but Tom Hardy […]
Star Trek: Insurrection
In the ninth Star Trek film, the crew of the Enterprise pursue a malfunctioning Data (Brent Spiner) to the planet of the Ba’ku, a racially homogeneous society that have shunned technology […]
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact is directed by Jonathan Frakes, who also plays Riker; following in the actor-director footsteps of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner. Suffice to say, he’s better at […]
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
In the week when we learned the name of the new Star Trek film (Star Trek: Beyond Stupid), we look back at the 1991 offering – Star Trek VI: The […]
Screen Goblin 