Tag: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Its Human Aspects
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the Citizen Kane of Trek films. Few Trekkies would argue that it is the best film in the entire franchise. While the saga has been uneven, The Wrath of Khan exemplifies the best of what Trek can be. It features just the right mix of action, suspense,…
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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Unleashes The Wrath Of Vadic In Its Second Episode
Upon last week’s debut of the third season of “Star Trek: Picard,” it was clear that the series was gearing up to be more tonally attuned to the “Star Trek” feature films than to the previous seasons of the series. Already, the story is cleaner, the conflict is easier to understand, and the characters are…
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Edgar Wright Remembers Seeing, And Being Scarred By, The Thing For The First Time
When we look back on the iconic films from the summer of 1982, we typically discuss their artistic and commercial influence on the medium. What we don’t do nearly enough is dig into how they shaped the next generation of filmmakers.While millions of youngsters left movies like “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Poltergeist,” “Blade Runner,” “Conan the…
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Tales From The Box Office: In 1982, E.T. Buried Blade Runner And The Thing
For some moviegoers out there, it simply never got better than the summer of 1982. The sheer number of great movies released that year during the prime moviegoing season is downright staggering when looking back at it some 40 years later. “Conan the Barbarian,” “Rocky III,” “Poltergeist,” “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” “Tron,” “An…
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Michael Mann Had To Get Creative When Adapting The Last Of The Mohicans
“The Last of the Mohicans” is a potboiler written by James Fenimore Cooper and published in 1826. It tells the tale of Natty Bumppo, a white man raised by Native Americans who goes on rollicking adventures across the frontier. “The Last of the Mohicans” is book two of a five-part series, like if “Star Trek…
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‘Blade Runner’ Anniversary: The Weekend When ‘E.T.’ and ‘Star Trek II’ Crushed Ridley Scott
In the early 1980s, Cinefantastique was an extraordinarily detailed and authoritative sci-fi film magazine. Founded as a mimeographed fanzine a year before the 1968 release of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” it became a serious, almost scholarly glossy. And in 1982, Cinefantastique opened the year with a double issue that featured “Blade Runner,” Ridley Scott’s adaptation…
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What’s Coming to Amazon in January 2020
As the new year begins, Amazon Prime Video is keeping with the tradition of “out with the old and in with the new.” The streaming service will ring in the new decade with a few original series premieres, including “James May: Our Man in Japan,” “Just Add Magic: Mystery City,” “All or Nothing: Cbf” and…