Action/Adventure Rated PG
“It’s back to boring basics for the Gene Roddenberry franchise…
Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
“At this point, looking to juice the series with action scenes is the equivalent of applying a defibrillator to a cadaver.
Comedy Rated R
“…as interested in dissecting the psychology behind the jokes as telling them.
Leonard Nimoy – Spock himself – took over as director this time around, delivering a somber, mournful installment of the Gene Roddenberry franchise. And when the defining trait of your series is dullness, this isn’t exactly the best strategy. Since Nimoy is busy behind the camera, Spock himself remains off-screen for much of the film,
The filmmakers behind X-Men Origins: Wolverine want their movie to be dark – partly as an artistic choice but mainly, I think, out of financial envy over the billion-dollar gross of the aptly titled Batman installment, The Dark Knight. And so the movie – which tells the background story of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the X-Men
A graceless, clumsy passing of the baton from the original cast to that of the second television series in the franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. Though Star Trek: Generations opens with William Shatner’s Kirk, he’s quickly an afterthought, making way for Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and a wacked-out evil scientist (Malcolm McDowell). Not that
“…Kirk has finally reached his full lounge lizard potential (it’s as if the comedy has freed him from his remaining inhibitions).
Horror Rated R
“…a woefully bad low-budget slasher flick.”
Thriller Rated R
“In terms of tension – pure, cinematic suspense – the picture is a knockout.
Thriller Rated NR
Hitchcock’s thriller – perhaps his most perverse – plays at the Gene Siskel Film Center Sept. 10 and 14.
