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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984, Leonard Nimoy)
Layers. Star Trek III has no layers. It’s all id. Star Trek loses its ship, Kirk loses his son, Dr. McCoy loses his mind and none of it means anything. My fiancée pointed out that III is a bridge...
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979, Robert Wise), the special longer version
In addition to being one of the more intentionally boring films ever made, Star Trek: The Motion Picture features some of the more amazing science fiction special effects. The work Douglas Trumbull...
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013, J.J. Abrams)
For Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams operates with an “if it ain’t broke” mentality. It serves him–and the film–fairly well. Except Michael Giacchino’s music. While Abrams goes for sensationalism...
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979, Robert Wise), the director’s edition
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is one of those imperfect films. No matter how many versions, there’s no way to fix one thing without breaking another–or it might just be broken all together. For...
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989, William Shatner)
In some ways, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is an ambitious movie pretending to be popcorn entertainment pretending to be an ambitious movie. There's a lot of nonsense about self-help, not to mention...
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991, Nicholas Meyer)
From the second scene of the Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, it's clear director Meyer is going to be somewhat merciless in how he presents the film. It's not just a story about a sea change in...
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