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Directed by Leonard Nimoy Screenplay by Harve Bennett
About these and the many other pos sible metamorphoses, the wise critical deponent should say nothing, lest The Wrath of the Trekkies descend on him for spoiling the story they have been so eagerly anticipating for two years. What can be freely stated, given the fact that Leonard Nimoy himself directed the film, is that the fate of Vulcan's favorite son is treated with the highest seriousness...
...entertaining verities that have for so long sustained Star Trek. It features as ghastly a group of interstellar pirates, the Klingons, as ever entered the star log, plus a spectacularly self-destructive planet and plenty of technically adroit and sometimes witty special effects. These are classic directorial occasions, and Nimoy rises to them with fervor, in effect beaming his film up onto a higher pictorial plane than either of its predecessors. One might not want to have the Enterprise crew take up permanent residence on that sober and lofty level...
...both broadcast and cable TV. In this "wrap," the articles and advertising are the same nationwide. The first issue highlights: an insider's look at how hosts were chosen for the Academy Awards show, with a calendar showing when nominated films will reach cable; a profile of Leonard Nimoy, who plays Mr. Spock in Star Trek; and a report on a cable series for children, Faerie Tale Theater. The listings are tersely descriptive rather than critical ("so that you can use your own good judgment," says a message to readers), though capsule movie reviews poke some mild fun, even...
...palpable in Enterprise's first voyage into the alien territory of theaters, there is something comfortable, even old-shoeish, about the new film, a sense, appropriate to its theme of coming to terms with middle age, that all aboard are pleasurably rediscovering their best selves. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley and the rest of the gang on the bridge and, lest we forget, Scotty (James Doohan) down there in the engine room-have all matured gracefully. They now have the air of people who have done something in which they can take a decent pride. One leaves...