“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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