Tag Archives: Leonard Nimoy

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

I’ve been hearing about the “even-odd” rule for Star Trek films for years. There’s a rule of thumb that the odd-numbered movies in the Star Trek series are poor, or at least sub-par, while the even-numbered movies are great films. … Continue reading

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Movie Microscope: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

“Hello, Alice. Welcome to Wonderland.” Star Trek IV was the first Star Trek movie I ever saw. In fact, I had probably seen only a few episodes of the original series when I first saw it. Since then I’ve seen … Continue reading

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Star Trek III: The Search For Spock

The Star Trek movies that I’ve seen have mostly been like the Star Trek episodes in one key respect: they each tell a complete story, in and of themselves. While there is a sense of ongoing continuity between them, they … Continue reading

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Though I am a fan of both movies and science fiction, my experience with the Star Trek franchise has been rather intermittent. I caught the occasional episode of the original series (in syndication), The Next Generation, and Deep Space Nine … Continue reading

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Post-Mortem: Fringe, Season 4

Fringe, one of the best shows that hardly anybody seems to be watching, just finished its fourth season. I didn’t start watching quite from the beginning — somehow it flew under my radar initially, as it apparently has with a … Continue reading

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon

The third film in Michael Bay’s version of Transformers is being released to Blu-Ray and DVD today, so I knew from experience that if I was going to catch it in the second run theatre, it was probably going to … Continue reading

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