When Star Trek was funny.  I have written about how Star Trek crossed into the environmentally friendly. That environmental theme was in Star Trek IV The Voyage Home (1986, USA). It was an appropriate theme for the Star Trek series, which looked at life idealistically. The message was to look after the environment, particularly whales, before…

Is there such a thing as a close-knit family? Apparently, there is. According to My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016, USA), now available on DVD/Blu-ray and on demand. In it, being Greek means you have an extended family that is tight and unbreakable, and sometimes this is misunderstood by outsiders as strange. The film’s writer,…

“I’ll be seeing you”, says Dr. Peter Venkman, played by Bill Murray, to a concerned environmentalist, in the 1984 original Ghostbusters. Venkman is being tongue-in-cheek. But it’s really: we’ll be seeing you Dr. Venkman. The concerned environmentalist only saw the toxic residue that comes from storing, wait for it, ghosts. But who are you going…

Sally Field is back—sort of. Though the Oscar winning actress Sally Field has featured in some popular feature films over the last twenty years, Hello, My Name is Doris is her first feature film leading role since Eye for an Eye in 1996. Her list of supporting roles is still impressive, from historical bio-pic Lincoln…

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