It’s always nice when an assignment is fun and educational, and my latest article for Mental Floss was a bit of both. Yet another “Star Trek Into Darkness” tie-in, the article described the origins of 11 famous “Star Trek” lines from the various television series and movies that have become part of our vernacular today. [...]

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“Iron Man 3” is well on its way to becoming one of the biggest movies of all time, so I jumped at the chance to chat with Marvel Studios’ Vice President of Visual Effects, Victoria Alonso, about some of the cool sequences in the movie last week. Now that most of the world has already [...]

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“Star Trek Into Darkness” arrived in theaters this weekend, and I reviewed it last week for IFC. Here’s an excerpt from my review: In some ways, “Into Darkness” is an improvement on its predecessor, taking the outer-space action and ambitious effects sequences of “Star Trek” to the next level and upping the visual ante. The [...]

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This week has been all about “Star Trek Into Darkness” for me, with lots of articles about J.J. Abrams’ much-anticipated sequel to “Star Trek,” his 2009 reboot of the popular sci-fi franchise. I confess that I’m not a big fan of the “Star Trek” franchise (or “Star Wars,” for that matter), though I did grow [...]

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For one of my recent Mental Floss articles, I compiled a list of movies that underwent significant changes at some point in development (or production) and became very different films. While that happens to a lot of projects, I put the spotlight on six particularly notable change-ups that involved well-known films or their potential sequels. [...]

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Last month, I trekked down to Brooklyn to chat with one of my high-school classmates about her debut novel, Her: A Memoir. I went to school with Christa Parravani and her identical twin sister, Cara, and the book chronicles the time leading up to and following Cara’s death. Along with talking quite a bit about [...]

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In the week leading up to the release of “Iron Man 3,” I wrote about a bajillion different articles about ol’ shellhead. (That’s what you get to call him when you’re pals with Tony Stark. We go way back.) Among the editorial projects I churned out during that busy, busy time was a column for [...]

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