CBS has gone ahead with plans for a new series to star Michelle Yeoh as former Mirror World empress and now Captain Philippa Georgio – of Starfleet’s black ops division, Section 31.
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We’re Always in a Fight for the Future Trailer: Star Trek: Discovery, Season 2!
CBS All Access has released a trailer for season two of Star Trek: Discovery and it is hewing closely to the events of the original series’ first pilot – at least in terms of how the character of Mr. Spock is concerned. With danger facing the galaxy, Spock is… smiling? Also, Captain Georgiou returns… Season […]
Crazy Rich Asians – Ostentatious Yet Intimate Romantic Comedy!
Crazy Rich Asians takes standard rom-com tropes (boy meets girl; they fall in love; she meets the parents; the parents disapprove) and filters them through Asian and Asian-American perspectives. Not only does it work, it’s almost perfect.
SDCC 2017: You Helped Start a War Trailer: Star Trek: Discovery!
The SDCC 2017 trailer for Star Trek: Discovery turns the wistful I’d Love to Change the World into a dirge. This new, explosive trailer features space battles; Cmdr Burnham in the brig; Klingons speaking Klingon (we’re told there will be sub-titles); and Captain Lorca addressing Burnham, ‘You helped start a war. Don’t you want to […]
Star Trek Discovery Launch Date Announced! Series To Run In Two Chapters!
CBS Access has announced that Star Trek: Discovery will launch on CBS on Sunday, September 24th (8:30/7:30C). Subsequent episodes will be released exclusively on CBS All Access on succeeding Sundays. The two-hour series premiere will be available on CBS All Access immediately following its CBS screening. The fifteen-episode first season will be divided into two […]
Star Trek: Discovery Begins Production!
Star Trek: Discovery has officially begun production. The series is the first Trek series to have a non-captain as the lead character (Sonequa Martin-Green’s Lt. Cmdr Rainsford, aka Number One). A premiere date has yet to be determined.
Show Me Clips: Morgan!
20th Century Fox’s Morgan stars Kate Mara as a corporate troubleshooter who’s called on to deal with a problem she can’t even begin to imagine. Two revealing clips have been released that suggest she may be in way over her head. Check them out after the break.
MOVIE REVIEW: Babylon A.D. –Even The Director Thinks It’s Bad!
How to explain Babylon A.D. … Okay, how about this: Babylon A.D. is the movie Children of Men would have been had it been directed by Ridley Pearson and edited by Ed Wood. Vin Diesel’s Toorop is the Clive Owens character; Michelle Yeoh’s Sister Rebecca is the Julianne Moore character, and Melanie Thierry’s Aurora is […]
MOVIE REVIEW: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – Uninspired Sequel Bores!
The first two Mummy movies may not have been critical successes, but they did have an off-kilter charm that made them hits with the masses. As one member of those masses, I have to say that I did enjoy them, myself. So, why then, do I not care for the third instalment in the series? […]