Star Trek

A dance through time

The Time Traveller’s Wife is only the latest film to play the time warp in a genre rich in history

6 Aug 2009

Cinema has a long and impressive record of making films that turn on chronological catastrophe. Perhaps that’s because the medium is narrative-based and time warps create plot twists that transform otherwise routine storylines into ones that are…

Big screen - Upcoming film releases

15 Sep 2008

Same, same but different is a pretty accurate way to describe the coming year in cinema. There's the annual mix of blockbusters, prestige Oscar-bait and offbeat cult movies, but, of course, you haven't seen the new crop of films yet. There are franchise…

Simon Pegg to beam up in new Star Trek movie

15 Oct 2007

British comic Simon Pegg is to play Scotty in the new Star Trek movie. The Shaun of the Dead star was asked to join the crew by director JJ Abrams after the Lost creator worked with Pegg on Mission Impossible III. The dour Scottish chief engineer…

Gaming round-up: May 2009

11 May 2009

Summer is almost here, which can mean the start of a lean period for gamers, however May is shaping up quite nicely. Damnation stands out amongst the usual movie tie-ins as reboots of the Terminator and Star Trek franchises hit cinema screens. First…

Star Trek

30 Apr 2009

ACTION/ADVENTURE Star Trek is something that didn’t appear to need rebooting. The show debuted in 1966 and over the next 40 odd years, we’ve had 79 episodes of William Shatner, several TV spin-off series (The Next Generation and Voyager etc) and ten…

Highly illogical? Winona Ryder as Spock’s mother

13 Nov 2007

Winona Ryder has signed up to the latest installment of the Star Trek franchise - as the Vulcan mother of a young Spock. Directed by Lost creator JJ Abrams, the film will chart the Starship Enterprise crew’s early days as they embark on their first…

Star Trek film scouting for ‘odd’ extras

8 Nov 2007

The new Star Trek movie is recruiting people with odd features to appear as extras. Anyone who is the proud owner of bug eyes, large foreheads or oversized ears will also have to agree to have their eyebrows shaved to appear Vulcan-like. The…

Bit early in the Star Trek universe for kung fu isn’t it?

11 Oct 2007

Unless you’ve seen Chopper, that headline will mean nothing. If you have seen Chopper, it’ll remind you of the finest single line in film history. All that wittering will eventually lead us to a point where I can reveal that Eric Bana has signed on…

Star Trek secures an Uhura

20 Sep 2007

The geek on the street will be turning weak cordial cartwheels at the news that JJ Abrams’ Star Trek movie is continuing apace with its casting decisions. The latest to sign up for the sort of revisionist/prequel/depressing remake is Zoe Saldana…

Scotty memorial proves a big hit with visitors

18 Sep 2007

A Linlithgow museum has enjoyed an influx of visitors keen to see a memorial to the late James Doohan, the Canadian actor who played Scotty on Star Trek. Bosses at the Annet House Museum in Linlithgow High Street say the number of people through the…

Sylar to Spock?

27 Jul 2007

To continue the geek-a-thon, rumours abound that Zachary Quinto is all but nailed on to be cast as Spock in the latest Star Trek movie. At the risk of ruining Heroes for everyone without satellite TV, Quinto plays Sylar in the hit American show and does…