The Next Reel Film Podcast

Was the Borg a strong enough villain or did they need the Borg Queen for the film? How well integrated is the first contact storyline? Tune in to this week’s show to get in on the conversation!

This month JJ and Steve are dealing with family drama in Zach Clark’s 2016 film Little Sister.

It is still holding strong. Harry Dean Stanton leaves us. Andy still loves Brazil +32 more than Steve. Plus, three trailers that don’t include mother! and a collected list of nine films that involve time travel and manage to break rules that don’t involve time travel. Plus, there are no paid placements from Taco Bell in this podcast.

Does Data’s emotion chip make for a better or worse character when used? Just what kind of torture was Soran performing on Geordi? Why does Guinan conveniently appear in the Nexus? Tune in to this week’s show to get in on the conversation!

Following up on a chronically boring Labor Day September weekend, we don’t bother much about the box office. But we do talk IT, a strong King adaptation with Steve’s initial review. We’ve got three fun trailers, some solid Lois Smith recommendations, and spinning off of our show on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, today’s list is all about great assassination films!

Does Nicholas Meyer return to make the best film of the franchise? Is Shakespeare really better in the original Klingon? Are Uhura’s earpieces actually comfortable? Tune in to our show to find out!

Boy, is this ever shaping up to be a boring Labor Day weekend at the box office. Andy runs the numbers and talks performance for this weekend in history. Apparently, it’s a Hitman’s Bodyguard conspiracy. That, plus new shorts from the Blade Runner 2049 story (not trailers), actual trailers, and movies with cult leaders on The List!

Is this movie really as bad as we remember? Can the story survive the bad humor burying it (alive)? And where does Uhura get her fans? Tune in to this week’s show to find out!

Happy weekend everyone! If you haven’t seen The Joe Show, apropos of nothing, this might be a good weekend to check it out on Amazon; Steve reports Wind River is solid; Andy has Intolerance on blu-ray, and Pete’s talking about The Defenders; and this week on The List were celebrating Star Trek: The Voyage Home with our selection of favorite animal rescues!

Does time travel really work? How does the crew of the Enterprise survive in 1986? And were the whales perhaps just ordering dinner? Tune in this week to find out!

This month JJ and Steve learn a lesson in obedience with 2015’s Experimenter. So download this episode and push play. I will bear the responsibility. Push play . . . now.

Happy weekend everyone! The Eclipse Cometh; turns out Logan Lucky is better than it’s box office would suggest this weekend according to our own Once and Future King Steve Sarmento; Andy just finished reading Ready Player One so we can finally dig into the trailer, and Pete’s talking about Peter Dinklage’s new Brainstorm/Strange Days mash-up, Rememory; and this week on The List we’re celebrating Star Trek: The Search for Spock with our selection of favorite sci-fi reincarnations!

Does this film work as a sequel? Should Harve Bennett have hired a different writer? When they go searching for Spock, do they actually find him? Tune in this week to find out!

This week, Star Trek Discovery appears to continue the journey ... of legal wrangling and fan discontent. At least Nicholas Meyer is working on a new Star Trek series... wait... what's that again?!? There's more listener feedback from Slack on Valerian; Andy talks about his Mother issues and Pete heads back to Bushwick; and, as it turns out, you peg your jeans.

Is Khan one of the greatest villains of all time? Did Gene Roddenberry really ruin the ending for audiences? Does it matter if Khan and Kirk are ever in the same room? Tune in this week to find out!