Series Finale.Running Time: 1 hours 32 minutes 33 secondsFor the past three and a half years, Mike, John and Max haveexamined the work of Star Trek creators outside of Star Trek. Fromthe series creator Gene Roddenberry to the director of

181: Deep Cuts

Apr 22nd, 2016 1h 3m

Lin, Part 8: Recap.Running Time: 1 hour 3 minutes 21 secondsThroughout the course of Commentary: Trek Stars, we havecovered thirty eight different people who have helped to createStar Trek. We began with the very first Star Trek creator, G

180: Faster, More Intense

Apr 15th, 2016 1h 21m

Lin, Part 7: Furious 6.Running Time: 1 hour 21 minutes 34 secondsIn 2013, Justin Lin directed his fourth and final installment ofthe Fast & Furious franchise, Furious 6. Thefilm continues the franchise's trend of creating movies that are

179: The Avengers of Fast & Furiousness

Apr 8th, 2016 59m 29s

Lin, Part 6: Fast Five.Running Time: 59 minutes 33 secondsAfter reinvigorating the franchise with Fast &Furious, Star Trek Beyond director JustinLin returned to helm the fifth film in the series, FastFive. This installment acted as a reu

178: Getting Rid of the Thes

Apr 1st, 2016 1h 9m

Lin, Part 5: Fast &Furious.Running Time: 1 hour 9 minutes 17secondsIn 2009, Justin Lin returned to whatwould become his marquee franchise with Fast &Furious. The fourth film in the series was a return to basics,featuring a reunion of

177: True Detective: Tokyo Drift

Mar 25th, 2016 48m 18s

Lin, Part 4: Finishing theGame.Running Time: 48 minutes 22secondsAfter two consecutive Hollywoodblockbuster, Justin Lin returned to the world of independentfilmmaking with Finishing the Game. The film isunlike any other in Lin's film

176: Citizen Kane: Tokyo Drift

Mar 18th, 2016 1h

Lin, Part 3: The Fast andthe Furious: Tokyo Drift.Running Time: 1 hour 24secondsLess than five months after therelease of Annapolis, Justin Lin was handed the keysto the Fast and the Furious franchise. His first of fourconsecutive se

175: Quick and Angry

Mar 11th, 2016 1h

Lin, Part 2:Annapolis.Running Time: 1 hour 27secondsAfter the success of BetterLuck Tomorrow, Justin Lin was given the opportunity to work onbig studio productions with substantially larger budgets. The firstof these was Annapolis in

174: Fast & Furious Expanded Universe

Mar 4th, 2016 1h 29m

Lin, Part 1: Better LuckTomorrow.Running Time: 1 hour 29 minutes 57secondsOver the course of its history, manyartists have left their mark on the Star Trek franchise. Back in1966, Gene Roddenberry was the first. 50 years later, Star T

173: The Lawrence of Arabia of Mission: Impossible

Feb 26th, 2016 51m 46s

Abrams II, Part 7:Recap.Running Time: 51 minutes 50secondsJ.J. Abrams may not be returning asthe director of Star Trek Beyond, but that should notsuggest that his presence will not be felt as a producer. What dohis past producing eff

Commentary: Trek Stars 172: The Citizen Kane of Mission: Impossible

Feb 19th, 2016 1h 19m

Abrams II, Part 7: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.Running Time: 1 hour 19 minutes 54 secondsAfter the unexpected success of Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Bad Robot and J.J. Abrams were asked to return to produce a

Commentary: Trek Stars 171: #Ghotocol

Feb 12th, 2016 1h 10m

Abrams II, Part 6: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.Running Time: 1 hour 10 minutes 10 secondsHappy with the results of Mission: Impossible III, Tom Cruise and Paramount chose to continue their collaboration with J.J. Abrams and Bad R

Commentary: Trek Stars 170: The Michael Bay of Light Comedy

Feb 5th, 2016 47m 31s

Abrams II, Part 5: Morning Glory.Running Time: 47 minutes 35 secondsAfter a successful reboot of the Star Trek franchise in 2009, J.J. Abrams put his producer hat back on the following year for Roger Michell's Morning Glory. The film star

Commentary: Trek Stars 169: The Citizen Kane of Found Footage Movies

Jan 29th, 2016 1h 9m

Abrams II, Part 4: Cloverfield.Running Time: 1 hour 9 minutes 6 secondsAfter successfully launching his directing career with Mission: Impossible III, J.J. Abrams' name had become a brand. The first movie to be heavily marketed as a "J.J.

Commentary: Trek Stars 168: Chat Room on Wheels

Jan 22nd, 2016 52m 41s

Abrams II, Part 3.Running Time: 52 minutes 46 secondsIn 2001, the first Bad Robot production was released. Joy Ride tells the story of two brothers on a cross-country road trip who prank the wrong truck driver, with deadly results. The fi

Commentary: Trek Stars 167: JLove is the Bomb

Jan 15th, 2016 54m 17s

Abrams II, Part 2: The Suburbans.Running Time: 54 minutes 21 secondsIn 1999, J.J. Abrams produced his second feature film, The Suburbans. The movie, directed by Donal Lardner Ward, looks at a one-hit wonder from the 80s which is attemptin

Commentary: Trek Stars 166: Maury the Mortician

Jan 8th, 2016 48m 10s

Abrams II, Part 1: The Pallbearer.Running Time: 48 minutes 14 secondsAs the trailer proudly states, Star Trek Beyond is produced by J.J. Abrams. We all know that Abrams directed the last two Star Trek films, and we all know that he is not

Commentary: Trek Stars 165: We're Going to Soderbergh!

Jan 1st, 2016 46m 5s

Doug Jung: Confidence.Running Time: 46 minutes 9 secondsMuch has been made of Simon Pegg's contribution to the screenplay for Star Trek Beyond. So much so, that people tend to forget that Pegg has a partner on the project, co-writer Doug

Commentary: Trek Stars 164: JJ is My Jam

Dec 25th, 2015 1h 26m

Abrams, Part 5: Star Wars: Episode VII--The Force AwakensRunning Time: 1 hour 27 minutes 5 secondsMany have criticized J.J. Abrams for turning Star Trek into Star Wars with his 2009 film. But what happens when Abrams make a Star Wars mov

Commentary: Trek Stars 163: Zom Rom Com

Dec 18th, 2015 1h 4m

Pegg, Part 7: Recap.Running Time: 1 hour 4 minutes 52 secondsOver the course of the last decade, Simon Pegg has come to prove himself not only as a fine, but also as one of the best writers in the movie business. This week on Commentar

Commentary: Trek Stars 162: Twitter Dark Thirty

Dec 11th, 2015 43m 1s

Pegg, Part 6: The World's EndRunning Time: 43 minutes 4 secondsSix years after the release of Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg finally reteamed with Edgar Wright on the screenplay for the final film in the Cornetto Trilogy, The World's End.In this episo

Commentary: Trek Stars 161: Alums Are My Aspect Ratios

Dec 5th, 2015 47m 9s

Pegg, Part 5: Paul.Running Time: 47 minutes 13 secondsIn 2011, Simon Pegg teamed with his on-screen partner, Nick Frost, to write his fourth screenplay, Paul. The film, directed by Greg Mottola, stars Pegg and Frost as two British sci-fi geek

Commentary: Trek Stars 160: Only Half a Pegg

Nov 27th, 2015 56m 29s

Pegg, Part 4: Run Fatboy Run.Running Time: 56 minutes 33 secondsAfter the success of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg became a sought-after commodity for both his acting and writing. David Schwimmer's Run Fatboy Run featured both of

Commentary: Trek Stars 159: Scraping at the Door

Nov 20th, 2015 39m 53s

Pegg, Part 3: Hot Fuzz.Running Time: 39 minutes 56 secondsIn 2007, Simon Pegg re-teamed with Edgar Wright to create the second film in the Cornetto Trilogy, Hot Fuzz. Much like its predecessor, Shaun of the Dead, is to Zombie movies, Hot

Commentary: Trek Stars 158: Hey, Siri!

Nov 13th, 2015 52m 21s

Pegg, Part 2: Shaun of the Dead.Running Time: 52 minutes 25 secondsIn 2004, the movie world was formally introduced to Simon Pegg. Not only did star as the title character in Edgar Wright's beloved film, Shaun of the Dead, he also co-wrote th