Film Review: Star Trek Nemesis (2002)

Star Trek Nemesis (2002)

Star Trek Nemesis (2002) Dir: Stuart Baird Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer Run-Time: 116 Mins Nemesis has an unfortunate reputation: It’s the lowest grossing Star Trek movie to date (though coming four years after the last Star Trek film …

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Rocktrospective X: Deep Purple, Megadeth, Orphaned Land, Evile, Leprous, Falkenbach, Huntress, Viikate, Blood Red Throne, Coffins, Osada Vida, Ragdoll

The latest edition of the Rocktrospective is here. This week’s edition sees the Rocktrospective take on a distinctly international flavour. Amongst our offerings this week are bands from Norway, Poland, Israel, Japan, Germany, Finland and Australia. If you missed last week’s Rocktrospective, you can check it out here.   Deep Purple Vincent Price. The legendary …

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Film Review: Star Trek Insurrection (1998)

Star Trek Insurrection (1998)

Star Trek Insurrection (1998) Dir: Jonathan Frakes Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, F. Murray Abraham, Anthony Zerbe, Donna Murphy, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden, Gregg Henry, Michael Horton Run-Time: 103 Mins Wisely trying for a change of pace and a lighter tone than First Contact, Paramount and screenwriter Michael Piller …

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Film Review: Star Trek First Contact (1996)

Star Trek First Contact (1996)

Star Trek First Contact (1996) Dir: Jonathan Frakes Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard, Alice Krige, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Neal McDonough, Michael Horton Run-Time: 111 Mins   It was bound to happen sooner or later wasn’t it? Having to review a film that I’m completely …

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Film Review: Star Trek Generations (1994)

Star Trek Generations (1994)

Star Trek Generations (1994) Dir: David Carson Starring: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes, Malcolm McDowell, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Doohan, Walter Koening, Whoopi Goldberg Run-Time: 117 Mins Until I had to write about Generations for this series, this was the first time that I’d seen the film …

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Film Review: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Dir: Nicholas Meyer Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Christopher Plummer, Kim Cattrall, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, David Warner, Iman, Brock Peters with George Takei and Michael Dorn Run-Time: 109 Mins After the critical and financial failure of The Final Frontier the fear was that …

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Film Review: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Star Trek V The Final Frontier (1989)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) Dir: William Shatner Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Lawrence Luckinbill, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koening, David Warner Run-Time: 107 Mins   After Leonard Nimoy directed The Search for Spock, William Shatner refused to return for The Voyage Home unless he got to direct …

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Film Review: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek IV The Voyage Home (1986)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) Dir: Leonard Nimoy Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koening, Nichelle Nichols with Mark Leonard and Robin Curtis Run-Time: 119 Mins Ah, the one Star Trek film where the plot really doesn’t matter, the point was to get the cast …

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Film Review: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

  Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) Dir: Leonard Nimoy Starring: William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Christopher Lloyd, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Mark Lenard, DeMerritt Butrick, Robin Curtis with Leonard Nimoy and Judith Anderson Run-Time: 105 Mins The rule that the odd-numbered Trek films are rubbish gets blown out of …

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Film Review: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan (1982)

  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Dir: Nicholas Meyer Starring: William Shatner, Ricardo Montalban, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koening, Kirstie Alley, Paul Winfield, Merritt Buttrick, Bibi Besch Run-Time: 113 Mins   KHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN Ahem. Now we have that over with.   The Wrath of Khan is …

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Film Review: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek:  The Motion Picture (1979)

  To celebrate the release of Star Trek Into Darkness this week, I will be making a post a day discussing the eleven Trek films to date, in a mix of blog and review. Lets get started, shall we?     Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Dir: Robert Wise Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, …

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TV Review: Defiance 1.6 ‘Brothers in Arms’

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Defiance 1.6 ‘Brothers in Arms’ Original UK Airdate: 21st May 2013 This week’s plot: Nolan’s old war buddy Eddie Braddock rolls into Defiance and apprehends Pol Madis, a war criminal and weapons designer. Madis gets broken out of Defiance’s jail by an unseen ally and Nolan and Braddock team-up to track him down. I’ve tried …

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Xbox 2013 Event – LIVE FEED

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The big Xbox announcement is here – and we at Fake Geeks will be following the event live! As with the equivalent PlayStation event back in February, FG will bring you the latest news and announcements as they happen.   ____ Summary – New console is called XBOX ONE. – Voice command is central to …

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Film News: First full trailer for Riddick

The first full trailer for Riddick has landed. The sci-fi threequel follows on from the events of Pitch Black (2000) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004). Left for dead on an unforgiving planet, our anti-hero soon catched the attention of a small group of bounty hunters (which includes amongst them Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff and …

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TV News: Animated show ‘Star Wars Rebels’ confirmed

A new animated Star Wars television show has been confirmed for release next year. Star Wars Rebels bridges the gap between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. The show looks like it’ll be the first new Star Wars based production since Disney acquired the franchise. Empire reports that Simon Kinberg (producer of X-Men: …

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TV News: 8th series of ‘new Who’ confirmed

Doctor Who will return for an eighth series in 2014, the BBC’s official Doctor Who website has confirmed. The news was largely expected, especially after Matt Smith admitted that he would be back next year in a recent interview. The rest of the press release gives little away, instead focussing on the upcoming 50th anniversary …

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TV Review: Arrow 1.21 ‘The Undertaking’

*Warning – Spoilers* 1.21 ‘The Undertaking’ Original UK Air Date: 06/05/13 As Arrow enters its final stretch, everything gets ramped up. Plot The main plot this week revolves around Walter, and his eventual rescue. Oliver steals a laptop belonging down an accountant for the secret organisation that it behind ‘The Undertaking’. Whilst decrypting the drive, …

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