Chris Pine, the talented young man who took on the daunting task of replacing William Shatner as the famed Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ reboot of “Star Trek” earlier this year, will likely assume another prominent role, this time as Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. Variety reports that Pine, nearing final negotiations with Paramount, would get [...]
JJ Abrams’ “Star Trek” kicks off the summer blockbuster season. Does it soar or fizzle? The task of rebooting an ailing franchise can be daunting. Also, we take a look at British avant-garde video artist Steve McQueen’s debut, “Hunger.” This IRA vs. British State, Bobby Sands hunger strike film is a compelling, disgusting, gut-wrenching, moving [...]
“Star Trek” has set its phaser to “kill” at the box office. Paramount, the movie’s distributor, told the Associated Press that the J.J. Abrams directed film brought in $24 million Friday, plus $7 million during preview screenings Thursday night. The distributor estimates that number will rocket to $70 million in ticket sales over the weekend [...]
“Star Trek: It’s Worth Watching Again,” would have been an apt title for the J.J. Abrams-guided reboot of the nearly 50-year-old science-fiction staple of American pop-culture. Luckily, we’ve been spared the extra punctuation, qualifiers, and subtitles plaguing modern Hollywood’s increasingly originality-challenged productions. But “Star Trek” has even more going for it than a refreshingly simple [...]
For those of you that have May 8 circled, starred, or otherwise distinguished on your calenders, an abrupt change of plans may be in order. As I was perusing my local theater’s listings, I noticed a strange discrepancy. The promotional banners, posters, and webads list the new J.J. Abrams directed “Star Trek” as opening on [...]
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