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Star Trek

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.May.09] :. The much-anticipated movie reintroduces all the characters from the franchise’s first iteration, but its most intense and rewarding focus is friendship between Kirk and Spock.

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A Shortage of Villainy

by Chris Barsanti

[7.May.09] :. While director Abrams' handling of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman's propulsive screenplay is sleek and spiffy, to say the least, it ultimately hews far closer to his television work than might have been wise for a big-screen reboot.

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Meet the cast and crew of ‘Star Trek’

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[7.May.09] :. Here’s a quick look at the “Star Trek” crew. James T. Kirk Played by: Chris Pine Originally played by: William Shatner You know Pine from: “Bottle Shock,”...

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Changing of the guard: Zachary Quinto takes over the role of Spock in ‘Star Trek’

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[7.May.09] :. LOS ANGELES — There was a time, not long after the original run of the television series “Star Trek,” when Leonard Nimoy tried to distance himself from the show. He had played many...

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Karl Urban fleshes out a younger Bones in ‘Star Trek’

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[6.May.09] :. For several years now, New Zealand-born Karl Urban has been the guy filmmakers turned to if a character had to ride a horse, chuck a spear or run through the forest primeval in a breechcloth. In the...

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As Captain Kirk in the new ‘Star Trek’ film, actor has a big uniform to fill

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.May.09] :. LOS ANGELES - Chris Pine’s life will never be the same. He’s been a working actor for the past half decade, with credits that range from a guest appearance on “ER” to a...

Retracing My ‘Trek’ Steps

by Bill Gibron

[4.May.09] :. It started with a sign. Strike that, with a bumper sticker. Everyday, as I walked to school, I would pass the house at the end of our street and see the familiar message straddled across the back...

‘Star Trek’ journey boldly starts anew

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[4.May.09] :. Faran Tahir was just a boy when it happened, but he distinctly remembers that his younger brother was born on a Thursday. “My big fear was that he would be born on Thursday,” Tahir, now...

Summer of Same: May 2009

by Bill Gibron

[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.

Comanche Moon

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jan.08] :. The most outrageous and most pleasurable element in Comanche Moon, Inish Scull (Val Kilmer) is also its strangest, least plausible, and most convincing incarnation of "history."

Pathfinder

by Jesse Hassenger

[22.Aug.07] :. Pathfinder is like building a time machine to watch Sunday-afternoon cable in 1987.

Pathfinder (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Apr.07] :. Boasting a prettified brutality that rivals that of 300, Pathfinder also explores a similar theme, the manly pursuit of revenge at any cost.

Doom (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Oct.05] :. The marines' mission is one of those 'bug hunts' made spectacular and more or less requisite for these sorts of movies by James Cameron's Aliens.

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Jul.04] :. Embodying the ruthlessness of the eat-its-own CIA (as well as the entertainment industry), Bourne isn't seeking revenge in the usual sense.

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Jun.04] :. The return of Riddick (Vin Diesel) begins with lots of noise.

The Price of Milk (2001)

by Susan Brown

Whether or not you enjoy The Price of Milk is largely dependent on your reaction to the following running gag: stricken by an unbearable case of agoraphobia, the protagonists’ dog,...