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Mulan (1998) – Review

March 6, 2019April 29, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1998, Barry Cook, BD Wong, Eddie Murphy, George Takei, Harvey Fierstein, James Hong, Miguel Ferrer, Ming-Na Wen, Mulan, Pat Morita, Soon-Tek Oh, Tony Bancroft

Mulan is Disney’s yearly animated offering, and it is a beautifully realized tale set in feudal China and introduces us

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Live by the Fist (1993) – Review

January 29, 2013January 29, 2013 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1993, Cirio H. Santiago, Full Contact, George Takei, Jerry Trimble, Live by the Fist, One Man Army, Roger Corman

There is a sliding scale that must be applied to critique movies like Live by the Fist then the screen

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) – Review

February 19, 2012January 19, 2017 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 1991, christian slater, christopher plummer, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Iman, James Doohan, Kurtwood Smith, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, Nicholas Meyer, Star Trek, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Walter Koenig, William Shatner

Of all movies in the original Star Trek saga the Nicolas Meyer directed films are not only the best written

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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) – Review

February 19, 2012February 20, 2012 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 1986, DeForest Kelley, Gene Roddenberry, George Takei, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, paramount, Star Trek, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Walter Koenig, William Shatner

A funny word kept creeping into my mind as I watched Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, ‘whimsical’. The goofy

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) – Review

October 8, 2011 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 1982, Bibi Besch, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan, Jeff McBride, Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, Merritt Butrick, Nichelle Nichols, Paul Winfield, Ricardo Montalban, Star Trek, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Walter Koenig, William Shatner

After noting in my review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture that Spock’s presence was perfunctory, the inverse is true

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) – Review

October 4, 2011 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 1979, Alan Dean Foster, DeForest Kelley, Gene Roddenberry, George Takei, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, paramount, Persis Khambatta, Robert Wise, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Stephen Collins, Walter Koenig, William Shatner

The inaugural big screen voyage of the Starship Enterprise is a fairly dull and straight forward science fiction tale full