I didn't have a problem until about midway through Star Trek, at which point I realized that every single lady on screen was either a mother, a ho, or an intergalactic hood ornament.
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 06.12.2009 | Entertainment
Star Trek has lots of inter-planetary diversity, including Kirk's relationship with an all green woman, yet it still can't get over the gender stereotypes.
Paul Snyder | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment
Kirk and Spock do a lot of punching, for Kirk and Spock. This is Star Trek with the Beastie Boys in it. People get naked.
Dave Astor | Posted 06.11.2009 | Comedy
The U.S. Labor Department announced Friday that 539,000 people lost their jobs last month -- a dreadful total, but not as high as the 600,000-plus axed in March. Here are three reasons why the unemployment increase got slightly less awful...
Mark Blankenship | Posted 06.10.2009 | Entertainment
I haven't seen a Winona Ryder film in an actual movie theater since The Crucible was released in 1996. I had forgotten she could exist in those dimensions.
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 06.10.2009 | Entertainment
"Star Trek" stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Quinto's Spock predecessor Leonard Nimoy surprised fans when they showed up on "Saturday Night Live's...
William Bradley | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment
Star Trek's message, focusing on a future of diversity, teamwork, and technology, appropriately used -- is especially attuned to the Obama era.
AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — "Star Trek" beamed itself up to the top of the box office, earning $76.5 million in its opening weekend. Paramount Pictures had e...
Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment
Despite fine acting, several moments of potent drama, solid production values, and high ambitions, Star Trek comes off as a Star Trek for Dummies variation on the fabled story.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — In the old days of "Star Trek," Kirk and Spock's supporting players often got stuck repeating things like, "Hailing frequencies op...
John Marshall | Posted 06.07.2009 | Comedy
The Enterprise has gone back in time and is orbiting 21st century Earth. A man in a suit suddenly appears on the viewscreen. Captain Kirk leaps out of his seat.
Ward Sutton | Posted 06.07.2009 | Entertainment
The original Trek arrived amidst civil rights milestones, a mistake of a war overseas, and sweeping progressive legislation from the White House. Sound familiar?
Posted 06.04.2009 | Comedy
The new J.J. Abrams "Star Trek" film is getting rave reviews and has many folks excited to see it who have never before watched an episode of the show...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.04.2009 | Comedy
Paramount Pictures, which is releasing the latest Star Trek movie this Friday, is hoping for record box office returns, fueled by a big turnout from the movie franchise's core audience: virgins.
Spencer Green | Posted 06.03.2009 | Comedy
Starfleet Academy is just like Police Academy, only Michael Winslow makes wacky "space" sound effects.
William Bradley | Posted 06.02.2009 | Entertainment
Unfortunately, most of that which intrigues one intellectually and moves one emotionally is missing in the fourth entry in the franchise, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Leonard Nimoy says he would be onboard for more "Star Trek." After a 19-year absence, Nimoy reprises his iconic role as Mr. Spock...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — What a who's who list Hollywood has lined up for its summer action spectacles: Wolverine. Transformers. Harry Potter. James Kirk. ...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.09.2009 | Entertainment
***SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS*** SYDNEY, Australia - The new cast of "Star Trek" has launched the starship Enterprise on its maiden voyage, with the crew ...
Randall Amster | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business
Wouldn't it be fun to be lounging on crushed velvet seats in a little red Corvette -- um, I mean Prius -- instead of always being in the SUV breakdown lane spewing fumes during rush hour?
William J. Astore | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics
Looking back at Star Trek after more than four decades, what's remarkable is how much it captured a still extant American optimism and an American cultural smugness.
Dave Astor | Posted 04.21.2009 | Comedy
Given that Bush lacks the writing chops to pen a coherent book by himself, he'll still have plenty of time on his hands while someone else does the authorial heavy lifting. So, how might Dubya spend that time?
Dygest.net Green | Dygest.net | Posted 04.17.2009 | Home
Three of Chicago's twitterati Ed note: SO not a fan of that word, but in this case I suppose it's fitting have formed a club for nerds, the Chicago Ne...
Randall Amster | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media
From now on, I will only get my news from future-based sources, and thus seek to remain ahead of the curve. Outlandish, you say? Impossible? You are obviously so behind the times.
Huffington Post | Posted 04.08.2009 | Entertainment
A new trailer for the highly-anticipated "Star Trek" movie is out. Directed by J.J. Abrams, the movie comes out in early May and stars Chris Pine as...
Jennifer Weiner | Posted 06.12.2009 | Entertainment