Star Trek

‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ (1982) and the Kobayashi Maru

“Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (1982) pits Captain Kirk and his crew against a most formidable enemy; a crafty, smarter, stronger and better-looking

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10 sequels that are WAY better than the original

Do a Google search for “Sequels that are better than the original,” and you’ll be busy for an afternoon, at least until you get tired

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ returns franchise to thoughtful sci-fi roots (TV review)

As a franchise, “Star Trek” has boldly gone many places, and not all of them have been good. While the original series is legendary, and

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‘Star Trek Beyond’ is distractingly loud and stupid (Movie review)

In 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted the “Star Trek” movie franchise by making a “Star Wars”-style movie with “Star Trek” trappings. The second entry, “Star Trek

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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ boldly goes … where the saga has already gone before (Movie review)

Like director J.J. Abrams’ 2009 “Star Trek” film, “Star Trek Into Darkness” gets all the Trek-isms correct. Everyone is still spot-on as alternate-universe versions of the iconic

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John’s top 10 movies of 2009

I reserve the right to retroactively add “Adam” and “The Invention of Lying” to this list; living in a small town, I have to wait for DVD to see

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5 random things on my mind (Commentary)

1. In the new “Star Trek” movie, why doesn’t Spock, who has mastered time travel, go back in time to prevent the destruction of his home planet?

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5 random odds and ends (Commentary)

1. In “Return of the Jedi,” when the Ewok (I believe it’s Paploo, but I can’t check it because I don’t have my “Star Wars”

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5 random thoughts (Commentary)

Here are five random thoughts. 1. What does pop singer Adele mean when she asks, “Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing

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The new ‘Star Trek’ is actually kind of cool (Movie review)

Director J.J. Abrams makes “Star Trek” respectable again with this origin tale that sets up everything we’ve seen in six TV series — I’m including the underappreciated

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