A review of “Rudderless” (2014): a guest review on One Mann’s Movies by Manoj Mistry. Dr Bob: This is the first time I’ve welcomed a guest reviewer to include an article on this site, but Manoj expressed an interest in writing retrospective reviews for older films. (If anyone else out there would like to write … Read more
So, lockdown viewing has led me to boldly return to the Star Trek movies to re-evaluate and rank them all. Set phasars to stun! Just to nail my Trek credentials to the mast. I was a child of the 60’s, so the original series was formative in my love of science fiction. The starship/planet effects … Read more
OK, so I’m a Star Trek fan being old enough to have watched the original series BEFORE it was in re-runs! But Star Trek Beyond just plain disappoints. It’s not terrible… but it’s not great either. It’s Star Date 2263.2 and Kirk (Chris Pine) is into the third year of their “5 year mission” (which … Read more