Gary Thompson

Gary Thompson is the Daily News film critic.

Email Gary at thompsg@phillynews.com

Zachary Quinto (left) portrays Spock and Chris Pine as Captain Kirk in "Star Trek."

Gary Thompson: 'Star Trek' DVD features trial video game, gag reel

Posted 2:18am

WITH APOLOGIES to Sacha Baron Cohen and "Bruno," it's "Star Trek" week on DVD, with two versions of the early summer hit available.

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Posted 11/19/2009

ONE OF the nice things about being a movie reviewer is that you can be at home watching TV, the phone will ring, and it will be Werner Herzog.

A toothless take on vampire book - 11/19/2009: By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com 215-854-5992

"TWILIGHT: NEW Moon" is not a good movie, but who cares. Stephenie Meyer's saga has hacked into the reptilian cortex of the female brain the way "Grand Theft Auto" taps into the male (I'll leave it you to judge which is the superior gender), and all "New Moon" really needs to do is put Kristen Stewart within five feet of Rob Pattinson and his sparkly skin. Mission accomplished.
'The Messenger' has its moments, but - like recent others - doesn’t seal the deal - 11/19/2009: By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com 215-854-5992

In "The Messenger," Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster play Army officers assigned to inform next of kin that their loved ones are dead, killed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
'Blind's' true tale of football player instead focuses on star Sandra Bullock - 11/19/2009: By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com 215-854-5992

"The Blind Side" has been called a crowd-pleaser, but movie chat spaces are already full of comments from a crowd that is not pleased.
'Planet' clones other animated sci-fi flicks - 11/19/2009: By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com 215-854-5992

The animated sci-fi spoof "Planet 51" makes you wonder if things might be more interesting on Planet 52.
Gary Thompson: Special features spice 'Up' newly released Pixar fave - 11/13/2009: PIXAR'S "UP" arrives this week in many configurations, and I'll give one guess as to which direction the price goes as you add more discs to the package.
Gary Thompson: A Gary Thompson production - 11/12/2009: A 12-YEAR-OLD I know asked me if he should be worried about the movie "2012," based on purported Mayan predictions that the world would end on Dec. 21, 2012.
Heavyweight champion - 11/12/2009: Lee Daniels' 'Precious' turns tough material into one of the best films of the year

By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com

PHILADELPHIA'S Lee Daniels isn't just the producer and director of "Precious," he's its Capt. Chesley Sullenberger. As a movie, "Precious" is a perilous ride, one that often feels ready to nosedive, but never does. Against long odds, Daniels brings it to a safe and improbable landing, an outcome that under the circumstances feels like a triumph.
World comes to end — again — in ‘2012’ - 11/12/2009: By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com

The clock is ticking, and "2012" aims to show all Twitter followers of Harry Knowles just how freaking awesome the apocalypse will be - Los Angeles slides into the sea, Vegas into the desert, and Yellowstone simply explodes (something that crossed the mind of anybody who tried to sit through that Ken Burns documentary).
‘(Untitled)’ doesn’t try hard enough - 11/12/2009: By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com

"(Untitled)" isn't untitled - its title is a hint that it has something to do with contemporary art. The movie (directed by "Bartelby" helmer Jonathan Parker) stars Adam Goldberg and Eion Bailey as contrasting brothers. Goldberg's a poor and obscure composer of atonal music, the other guy a rich and successful painter of soulless hotel art.
Gary Thompson: 'Child' follows search for reincarnated soul - 11/07/2009: By ROBERT W. BUTLER, McClatchy Newspapers

One of 2009's most intriguing documentaries played so briefly that you probably missed it. But thanks to the eternal life promised by DVD, you can see "Unmistaken Child" in the comfort of your own living room. It could rock your world.