Yes, there is a secret to Star Trek, and I’ll tell you! (I first wrote about this at trekmovie in 2015.) Years ago I went to a panel...

My earliest screenwriting efforts came at the age of 16–17 when I wrote and submitted spec scripts to Star Trek: The Next Generation. I...

I was terribly saddened to hear the news that Gregory Jein had died. He was one of the greatest modelmakers of all time—with credits...

Intrada is reissuing our Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 2CD set on June 14. I am glad. It was the highlight of my time at FSM to...

Like most fans of my generation, I knew Wil Wheaton as the terrific star of Stand by Me, and was encouraged when he was announced in 1987...

I have a soft spot for this late-second season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. It was the first time I really started to take...

The all-time classic Next Generation episode “Q Who” rolled around again in the nightly airing of vintage Trek shows on the Heroes &...

La-La Land Records has announced their final Star Trek franchise album, a 4CD set of previously unreleased music from the four Rick...

Jack Sheldon (1931–2019) had a hell of a life. He was an all-time great jazz trumpet player and first-call session musician. (Buy the...

Taylor White’s Creature Features store in Burbank used to host live events (panels and gallery openings) and boy were those fun. The...

I had fun yesterday talking about my earliest soundtrack collecting experiences in the 1980s. As with a lot of geek kids of the era—I was...

I am trying to avoid Wordle so I don’t become addicted to another time–suck. In lieu of that, may I recommend one of my favorite Star...

I’d like to do a little music theory today. Maybe somebody smarter than I am will read this and offer some wisdom? I love James Horner’s...

I was very sad to learn that the great comic book artist George Pérez announced a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. He is truly one of the...

Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released 42 years ago yesterday. Like most Trekkies I have a lot of fascination with this film: the...

Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Wow! I don’t really pay attention to movie...

Arne Starr is a comic book inker—and a very good one—and also an actor, which I didn’t realize until I just looked him up: IMDB, Memory...

In the 1980s, somehow or other I stumbled across some interesting small-press books about Star Trek and other sci-fi franchises. I don’t...

Somehow I discovered a YouTube vlogger named Will Jordan, who goes by “The Critical Drinker” (exaggerating his natural Scottish accent)...

Happy Halloween, everybody! The above pic is from a few years ago. The kids are going as Cinderella and Hermione Granger this year. I’ll...