Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Space: The Final FrontierNow these are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Although our heroes spend most of their time near our favorite third planet from the sun, we're treated to some seriou...

A Mega-Sized Star Trek EpisodeStructurally speaking, Star Trek: The Motion Picture isn't too different from the television series that preceded it. That's kind of unusual when you think about it. M...

Science Fiction; Adventure; AllegoryStar Trek pretty much wrote the book on hard science fiction. Unlike Star Wars, which takes its futuristic technology with a side dose of mysticism, Star Trek tr...

This is the first Motion Picture in the Star Trek film series. Doesn't take a sentient NASA probe—or even a rocket scientist—to figure that one out.

Now that's how you go out with a bang.After learning that V'Ger is a hyper-evolved form of NASA's Voyager VI space probe, the crew uses old access codes to command it to release its data and stop i...

PGUnless you're shocked by woefully outdated 1970s-style special effects, Star Trek should feel like a walk in a very peaceful park compared to most modern movies.