Star Trek: Seeking Out New Life

Leonard Nimoy. Photo: NBC Sometimes it feels like there’s a before and after Star Trek when it comes to our cultural history. Few other, if any, TV shows have had…

Boston Legal: Bonding on a Balcony

James Spader and William Shatner. Photo: ABC I hate writing this review. I'm doing it because the last episode of Boston Legal has aired and it is time to close…

Star Trek: Boldly Going to the Big Screen

William Shatner. Photo: Paramount Ever since the original TV series went into syndication, the Star Trek mania kept building throughout the 1970s. The time was ripe for the first movie adaptation and…

3rd Rock From the Sun 

This sitcom became an opportunity for the versatile actor John Lithgow to tickle our funny bone – and he was good at it. The show featured four aliens that came…

Star Trek Generations 

A scientist (Malcolm McDowell) ruthlessly intends to take advantage of an energy ribbon that contains a place of true happiness called the Nexus. The seventh film in the series marked…

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 

What makes the sixth chapter one of the most enjoyable in the series is the improved, elaborate visual effects as well as a screenplay featuring a story quite like a…

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 

A banished Vulcan sets up a phony hostage situation; his real objective is to hijack a ship like the Enterprise and take it to the final frontier. Scripts in the…

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 

Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew must go back to 1986 and bring a couple of humpback whales to the future; the animals are the only ones that know how…

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

The story begins right where the second one left off. After tearfully leaving Spock (Leonard Nimoy), the crew of the Enterprise defies orders and goes back to the paradise planet…

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 

Opus 2 and 3 are really one, comprehensive story, complete with a surprising and bold cliffhanger at the end of this chapter. Writer Jack B. Sowards followed up on an…