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It's been quite a ride, but our Star Trek film franchise retrospective has finally arrived at the first post-Ground Zero Trek movie. After the crowd-pleasing tour de force of Star Trek: First Contact, fans were looking forward to the TNG crew's second solo feature. Expectations ran high. And why shouldn't…

Our retrospective on the Star Trek film franchise left off on the installment that officially handed the keys to the Next Generation crew. Though a general audience pleaser upon release, Star Trek: Generations has since acquired a reputation as a mixed bag of good visuals marred by character mishandling and…

Way back in 1992, when pop culture was regaining its footing after the post-1980s hangover, I recall a friend telling me that another Star Trek movie was planned. It would feature the Original Series and Next Generation casts and be called Generations. To understand my reaction to that claim, you've…

At the end of our previous Star Trek movie review, I made the bold claim that one of the best films in the whole franchise would be up next. And not only will I not walk back that statement. I'm going to amplify it. Though The Wrath of Khan may…

We are now deep into the point in the Star Trek film series when the principle actors started getting behind the camera. The move from starring to directing inevitably led to self-indulgence. We saw the first glaring signs of this trend in Star Trek IV. Today, we examine the series…

After the two-part tour de force of The Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock, the challenge of producing a fourth film to top the second and third seemed insurmountable. And as things turned out, it was. That's not to hate on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. It…

The Star Trek film franchise has a long and storied history. But few installments in this venerable series are as controversial and misunderstood as Star Trek III. In the previous review, we covered how Wrath of Khan director Nicholas Meyer and writer/producer Harve Bennett coaxed Leonard Nimoy into reprising the…

Following the critical disappointment of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the franchise's fate was up in the air. Legend has it that after attending the premiere, William Shatner said, "That's it. We gave it our best shot, but there'll be no more Star Trek movies." But that was back when…