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William Shatner rules out another Kirk appearance in Star Trek

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While CBS may have been able to entice one former Enterprise captain out of retirement for Star Trek: Picard, Patrick Stewart’s predecessor William Shatner has seemingly shut the door on another appearance as the legendary James T. Kirk, the actor revealing on social media that he believes Kirk’s story is “played out”. No. I think […]

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Nepenthe’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Star Trek: Picard… After last week Nepenthe brings us something slightly different with the return of old faces, on-going threats and more than a little subterfuge. Narek tracks Rios and company across space, Picard reunites with Riker while Soji distrusts anything within spitting distance as she comes to […]

Riker and Troi return in promo images for Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 7 – ‘Nepenthe’

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CBS has released a batch of promo images for the seventh episode of Star Trek: Picard season 1, entitled ‘Nepenthe’, which sees Jean-Luc reunite with some old friends from his U.S.S. Enterprise days in Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Troi (Marina Sirtis); check them out here… SEE ALSO: Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 6 Review […]

Simon Pegg explains why the Star Trek movie franchise has stalled

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It’s closing in on four years since we last saw the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise on the big screen in Star Trek Beyond, and while there’s been plenty of talk of instalment (see projects from S.J. Clarkson, Quentin Tarantino, and most recently Noah Hawley), so far there’s been no official word from Paramount Pictures regarding […]

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Impossible Box’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Star Trek: Picard… In forty minutes of television Picard pilfers classic literature, employs franchise iconography and greases the dramatic wheels with style. Weaving in film homage, touching on past traumas and introducing emotional conflict ‘The Impossible Box’ proves a benchmark episode. Balancing Next Generation film franchise cameos, fan […]

Promo images for Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 6 – ‘The Impossible Box’

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CBS has released a batch of promo images for the sixth episode of Star Trek: Picard season 1, entitled ‘The Impossible Box’; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Stardust City Rag’ Picard and the crew track Soji to the Borg cube in Romulan space, resurfacing haunting […]

Promo images for Star Trek Picard Season 1 Episode 5 – ‘Stardust City Rag’

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CBS has released eight promo images for tomorrow’s fifth episode of Star Trek: Picard season 1, entitled ‘Stardust City Rag’; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Absolute Candor’ The La Sirena crew begins an unpredictable and lively expedition on Freecloud to search for Bruce Maddox. When […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: Year Five #10

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IDW Publishing releases Star Trek: Year Five #10 this Wednesday, and you can check out a preview of the issue right here; take a look… With Captain Kirk still incapactiated, Spock finds himself trapped between a planet quickly spinning into chaos and a crew at each other’s throats. The end of the original mission is […]

Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Absolute Candor’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard… For the first time since Picard premiered things have slowed down. Not so much lacking momentum as treading water, in episode four we are treated to further back story which offers insight rather than progress. Flashbacks are employed to supply context, introduce specific belief systems […]