Dominic Keating Star Trek Veteran Remains an Unbelievable Actor Even with the Pandemic by Brad Balfour In the Star Trek universe, British actor Dominic Keating established himself as a significant player once he joined the Star Trek: Enterprise cast as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, one of its core members. As the Enterprise's armory officer, he was in the senior command and appeared in 96 episodes where his presence was felt in this benchmark franchise. And even though it's nearly

Love, Antosha LOVE, ANTOSHA (2019) Featuring JJ Abrams, Sofia Boutella, John Cho, Marlon Clark, Ian Cripps, Willem Dafoe, Joe Dante, Paul David, Ryan Dean, Drake Doremus, Ben Foster, Jodie Foster, Craig Gillespie, Dave Glowacki, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Jones, Avy Kaufman, Martin Landau, Frank Langella, Jennifer Lawrence, Mary Lester, Mark Palansky, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Jon Poll, Zachary Quinto, Parush Rao, Zoe Saldana, Luke Shaft, Sophie Simpson, Kristen Stewart, Anya Ta

Prospect PROSPECT (2018) Starring Sophie Thatcher, Jay Duplass, Pedro Pascal, Andre Royo, Sheila Vand, Anwan Glover, Luke Pitzrick, Arthur Deranleau, Alex McCauley, Doug Dawson, Krista Johnson, Brian Guntner, Trick Danneker, Christopher Morson, Ben Little and Shepheard Earl. Screenplay by Zeek Earl & Christopher Caldwell. Directed by Zeek Earl & Christopher Caldwell. Distributed by Dust/Gunpowder & Sky. 100 minutes. Not Rated. Screened at the 2018 Philadelphia Film Festival.

“American” “AMERICAN” (2018) Starring George Takei, Leonardo Nam, Keong Sim, Rachel Machiko Whitney, Araceli Prasarttongosoth, Michael Hagiwara, Marilyn Takuda, Ivan Shaw, Sahil Ganatra, Samira Azadi, RJ Howard, Dean Jacobs, Jake Oolman, Barrett Loose and Ulf Bjorlin. Story by Richie Adams & Richard Barlow Adams. Directed by Richie Adams. Distributed by Monterey Media. 18 minutes. Not Rated. Actor and activist George Takei survived life in the Japanese Internment Camps during

Cosplay at Wizard World Comic-Con Philadelphia. We’re Off to See the Wizard World! by Jay S. Jacobs Wizard World Comic-Con touched down in Philadelphia again as freaks, geeks, aliens, superheroes, gamers, mad slashers and B-actors all made their way to the Convention Center this past weekend. (June 1 to June 4.) It was where fantasy met commerce in an awe-inspiring, sense-pulsing dance, where fans and the famous rubbed elbows and shared their particular obsessions with like-m

Star Trek Beyond STAR TREK BEYOND (2016) Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, Joe Taslim, Lydia Wilson, Deep Roy, Harpreet Sandhu, Melissa Roxburgh, Anita Brown, Doug Jung, Danny Pudi, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Greg Grunberg and Jeff Bezos. Screenplay by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung. Directed by Justin Lin. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  120 minutes.  Rated PG. “Space: the final frontier.  Th

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER — “A Thai Goodbye” Episode 10506 — Pictured: (l-r) William Shatner, Terry Bradshaw — (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBC) William Shatner & Terry Bradshaw It’s Never Too Late by Jay S. Jacobs Better Late Than Never has one of the crazier television premises to come along in a while.  Take four pop culture living legends – two from television and two from athletics: William Shatner, a/k/a Captain Kirk of Star Trek, Henry Winkler better known as the Fonz, four

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (The Director’s Cut) STAR TREK II – THE WRATH OF KHAN (DIRECTOR’S CUT) (1982) Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Kirstie Alley, Paul Winfield, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, John Vargas, Nicholas Guest, James Horner and Ike Eisenmann. Screenplay by Jack B. Sowards. Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  116 minutes.  Rat

Michael Dorn Michael Dorn Promotes Worf To Starship Captain by Brad Balfour Actor Michael Dorn is making sure the world doesn’t forget the original Star Trek universe and the character he lived in for nearly 20 years — the Klingon Lieutenant Commander Worf. And he is doing it not only through appearing at Comic-Cons and in the film Ted 2. With the original 1960s Star Trek series there was a Vulcan member, but no Klingons on the crew. Then, with the 1987-’94 reboot, Star Trek:

Gregg Daniel at the New York City Public Library. Photo © 2014 Mark Doyle. All rights reserved. Gregg Daniel The Gospel According to True Blood’s Reverend Daniels by Jay S. Jacobs Whether he is treading the boards of the Great White Way (or it’s Los Angeles equivalent) or saving souls in the fictional Louisiana town of Bon Temps, Gregg Daniel demands attention. Not in some harsh and insistent way.  No, Daniel is much more is much more subtle in his approach.  Daniel is a long

Eric Bana at the “Closed Circuit” press day at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, on August 16, 2013. Photo by Brad Balfour. Eric Bana Australian Actor Electrifies with Brit Spy Thriller Closed Circuit by Brad Balfour Melbourne-based actor Eric Bana has played his share of heroes and villains. Initially thanks to his rugged good looks and naturally buff physique, he’s been cast as a heroic good guy in The Hulk or Munich even as a romantic lead Henry in the sci-fi thriller T

Star Trek Into Darkness STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (2013) Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Heather Langenkamp and Leonard Nimoy. Screenplay by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. Directed by JJ Abrams. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 132 minutes. Rated PG-13. Hardcore Star Trek fans have been quite vocal about vilifying Star Trek into D

Ben Barnes The Actor Fights The Supernatural In Seventh Son and Discusses Narnia, the Craft Of Acting, and How He’d Love To Work With J.J. Abrams by Arlene R. Weiss British actor Ben Barnes is most well-known for his work so indelibly and wonderfully portraying the dashing, heroic Caspian X in the second and third films in the beloved, blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia film franchise. Barnes’ first foray in the role was playing the young Prince Caspian, in 2008’s The Chron