Star Trek Into Darkness

In almost everything, there is subtext, intentional or not. In the ‘not’ category is the significant black cloud coming with the silver lining of three massive developments in movieland this year. Firstly, after months of feverish speculation, J.J. Abrams was chosen as the man to helm the return of Star Wars to the big screen; he confirmed his worthiness for the role with the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, a mega-hit blockbuster action adventure putting the highly rated Star Trek 2009 into the shadows; almost in an attempt to draw attention away from Disney and Spielberg’s protégé, James Cameron announced that the most successful film of all time, his film Avatar, would indeed have the three sequels he had long discussed, thankfully with different screen writers covering the wordy bits. Cue much jubilation from fandom; the silver lining. The malignant black cloud, the subtext, was the continued throes of the science-fiction genre as it is starved to death.

It seems there is a standard line about Pacific Rim that is taking hold in a lot of the conversation I’m seeing about the film. The line I keep reading some variation of is that “Pacific Rim is big, dumb, fun.” The film is two of those things, but what I find perplexing is the …

We are now officially half way through the year and so I’ve asked our staff to vote for their favourite films released thus far. Hollywood blockbusters may have disappointed us, but thankfully we can always rely on independent filmmakers to create some truly inspiring films. Rounding out the special mentions is Terrence Malick’s To The …

Love him or hate him, Howard Stern sure does book some interesting guests. Recently J.J. Abrams stopped by The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM to discuss Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Wars Episode VII, and Eddie Murphy. Listen below. Enjoy! ****

The closing moments of the 2009 reboot of Star Trek saw a revival of its source material’s famous slogan regarding the ongoing mission of the Enterprise:

Despite mixed reviews, I’m sure everyone is excited to see Star Trek Into Darkness, and just this morning it was announced that we get to see the movie released a day earlier. In anticipation of the J.J. Abrams-directed sequel, Audi has produced a new commercial that features both Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy. Hit the …

One of the more highly anticipated features of the year has been JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness, the sequel to his 2009 feature that breathed new life into the science fiction franchise. One of the returning members of the project is veteran composer Michael Giacchino, who has worked on movies such as The Incredibles, …

[quote by=”Synopsis”]with Earth under terrorist attack from Benedict Cumberbatch’s ex-Starfleet employee John Harrison, Kirk is this time forced into a rash decision that breaks a critical Starfleet command, puts his crew in danger & costs him his captain’s chair. Now out of uniform and dressed down in space civvies of black leather jackets and boots, …

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Written by David Loughery Directed by William Shatner USA, 1989 With JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness making its way to theatres this May, Trek is already on a lot of fans’ minds, particularly the identity of Benedict Cumberbatch’s villain. Is he secretly playing Khan? Or maybe space Sherlock? …

2013 is here. Obviously its extremely early in the game, but the biggest moneymaker of the year so far has been Texas Chainsaw 3D. That says something about a landscape of movies full of reboots, remakes and sequels.What it says is that they work. Is this a sad fact? Yes, in some ways its a …