Repost: Galaxy Quest (August 15th at the Capitol Theatre)

[GALAXY QUEST screens Saturday August 15th at midnight at the Capitol Theatre.]

Review by Charles Cassady, Jr.

There's a stellar idea at the heart of this okay f/x-laden 1999 DreamWorks comedy-fantasy, back from the early years of the Spielberg-founded super-studio. For me GALAXY QUEST was a near-miss, what should have been a comedy gem riffing on "Star Trek" fanaticism comes off instead a bit like cubic zirconium instead. Still glitters from time to time.

Galaxy Quest (October 14 at 7, 9 and 11 p.m. at the CWRU Film Society, Strosacker Auditorium)

[GALAXY QUEST screens October 14th at 7, 9 and 11 p.m. at the CWRU Film Society, Strosacker Auditorium.]

Review by Charles Cassady, Jr.

There's a stellar idea at the heart of this okay f/x-laden 1999 DreamWorks comedy-fantasy, back from the early years of the Spielberg-founded super-studio. For me GALAXY QUEST was a near-miss, what should have been a comedy gem riffing on "Star Trek" fanaticism comes off instead a bit like cubic zirconium instead. Still glitters from time to time.