Supernova (2000)

Director: Thomas Lee (or Walter Hill)

Starring: James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robin Tunney

Space… vast, unknowable… what lies beyond its endless, intemerate dark? Perhaps worlds of zephyrean solitude, or monstrous, despairing horrors the human mind was never meant to comprehend. Or maybe it’s just a bum-fluffed cockwomble blatting endlessly about sod all. From visionary director Thomas Lee comes this exercise in SF terror as a medical ship receives a distress call from a distant mining colony and on arrival the crew discovers a lone survivor in possession of a glowing alien artifact… May contain the bamboozling sight of a 1970’s robot dressed as a 1940’s fighter pilot & spoilers.

Earth Vs The Spider (1958)

Director: Bert I. Gordon

Starring: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Gene Persson

This is the beginning of a periodic series featuring the wonder and pageantry of decades-spanning science fiction cinema. We kick off down the well-trod path of abnormally ginormous creatures and who better to direct us, ‘Mister BIG’ himself, Bert. Anyone even slightly arachnophobic should look away now; anyone who hasn’t the patience for cack flicks should probably put a swerve on as well… May contain a blatant bat-murdering Sheriff & spoilers.

Star Trek (2009)

 

Director: J.J. Abrams

Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban

So, anyway, Trek died with Insurrection and got zombiefied with Nemesis. I could see a tentative new telly series somewhere down the line, maybe, but not a movie. When I heard about a reboot, my first thought was Next Gen and we’d have that dimwit android B-4 bumbling about comically. Fortunately – or not, if you’re a blinkered nerd – we didn’t get that…

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Director: Stuart Baird.

Starring: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy.

So, they made a complete ‘Ed Balls’ of Insurrection. They took a longer than normal time-out, brought in non-Trekkie Stuart Baird to direct and hired Gladiator scribe John Logan (who is a Trekkie – big mistake) to co-write alongside Rick Berman and Brent ‘The Singing Android’ Spiner. Are the shackles off this one then? Are they f… This’ll barely qualify as a review and will be full of SPOILERS, etc…

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Starring: Patrick Stewart, Donna Murphy, F. Murray Abraham

This write-up will contain SPOILERS but there’s no need for anyone to watch the film anyway, unless you’re a Trekkie in which case you’ve already seen it…

So there you are, you’ve made First Contact, it’s been well received by critics and fans alike, you’ve banished all those wistful reminiscences of the original crew and got the franchise back on target after the frightful honk of Generations. All Frakes and his writers have to keep doing is that; instead they do this…

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Starring: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Alice Krige

The Next Genners didn’t get off to a good start in Generations did they and when the follow up was announced, the sight of Paramount keeping it in-family didn’t instil much confidence in this one either. So how’s this re-watch gonna stand up? My memory is it’s the best of the post-original crew movies (2009’s re-imagining not included). I’m wary but hopeful…

Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Director: David Carson

Starring: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, William Shatner

… The Search For Roman Numerals. I actively don’t want to do any more of these but I started the sodding series so I’m gonna have to finish it. Time for the Next Generation-ers to take the field and usher in a brave new era for the beloved series… or maybe not, maybe they’ll just bore the feckin pants off of everyone.

Halloween Fiction

A little short story for Halloween… not that little, it’s quite long actually, sorry…

ThereWolf’s Movie Confession Thing…

Kloipy and Jarv have had a go at this. I’ll have a go too…

The Grey (2012)

Director: Joe Carnahan

Starring: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney

Release date: January 27 (UK). They’re a bit like cats sometimes, aren’t they – movies; you don’t choose them, they choose you. I wanted to watch The Grey, I surely did, but I wasn’t in any hurry to do so. Then came this, the 2012 film conundrum. Do I pick another, even though by doing one extra I’m inadvertently making myself a year older? May contain a palpable dearth of dancing wolves and spoilers…