Robert McNeil : Right, usherettes, phasers on stun and let's silence the neds

I'VE SEEN the new Star Trek film. Eyes agog, you holler: "I thought you never left the house!" Wrong. I'm often outside, sometimes venturing as far as the back garden, there to feed Spot the blackbird and his new offspring with pre-chewed peanuts.

It was my second visit to the cinema recently, having sallied forth to see State of Play, about a print journalist and a blogger, something in which I might be expected to take an interest. I thought the depiction of the inkie hack OK – apart from wr...