EPIX is having a Star Trek Fest this weekend, which will include the world television premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness, as well as select Star Trek films, documentaries, and commentaries.

Star Trek Fest on the EPIX television channel begins on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 6AM EST with The Captains Close-Up: William Shatner: An EPIX Original Documentary, and continues for 24 hours with the first five Star Trek films (some of which will have encore presentations), the aforementioned Star Trek Into Darkness, and more Close-Up features and other EPIX original Star Trek content, like A Conversation With Leonard Nimoy. Throughout the marathon, there will be special segments with Star Trek actor George Takei.

See the full Star Trek Fest schedule here below, along with some video clips of Nimoy and Takei.

If you’ve not yet seen the 2012 movie take on the Judge Dredd character, simply titled Dredd, you really should. Unless you’re easily put off by violence, in which case you should still totally watch it. It’s all cuddles and rainbows and sugary sweet treats, I swear.

One particular scene involves a trippy slow-motion shootout in a drug den that’s bound to leave your jaw at least a little dropped. As part of their DIY Effects series, Epix decided to recreate this same scene, only using puppets.

The results, which you can watch in the video below, are both funny and still pretty awesome.

Super 8
Netflix | Amazon | Epix
DVD | Blu-ray
Directed by J.J. Abrams
Starring Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, Ron Eldard, Noah Emmerich, Glynn Turman
Paramount Pictures
Originally Released: June 9, 2011

After dealing with the tragic decision of viewing the should-have-been-an-abortion movie called Skyline, I really needed something to wash the remnants of shit out of my mouth. That film in the last streaming review was so terrible, I have been stuck in an almost catatonic state for the duration of week, rocking back and forth, weeping for my teddy bear and soiling my pants.

Cheers to the wonder that is J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg, for it was the epic science fiction movie Super 8, evoking a potent injection of nostalgia, which came to my rescue. From the opening sequence, I began feeling the haze of depression leave my tortured brain, in a manner that was akin to the pins-and-needles sensation of circulation returning to an appendage that was numbed.

This week, EPIX will be kicking off “SHATNERPALOOZA,” a 48-hour on-air marathon of William Shatner‘s work starting on Thursday, July 21, which coincides with the release of the EPIX original Star Trek documentary The Captains, produced and directed by William Shatner. The doc premieres on EPIX on July 22, and there’s also going to be FREE outdoor screenings of The Captains in New York and Los Angeles, plus Shatner will be making an appearance this week at Comic-Con in San Diego in support of the film.

In anticipation of the film, fans everywhere have been uploading their videos for world’s longest “KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!” If you’re interested in being a part of The Long Khan, in which fans submit their own videos impressions of Shatner’s history-making exclamation, check out the website here. If you’d rather play it cool, EPIX has given Geeks of Doom ten (10) sets of t-shirts and posters from The Captains to give away to our readers!

Ten (10) winners will each receive:

• One (1) The Captains t-shirt
• One (1) The Captains poster

TO ENTER: There’s just two simple steps:

(1) Make sure you’re subscribed to the Geeks of Doom email digest. If you’re not then click here and sign up. (If you’re already a subscriber, then go right to the next step.)

(2) Fill out the entry form here below and submit. (Form is here after the jump.)

Good luck!

EPIX is celebrating the summer by hosting outdoor screenings of some truly classic films all over NYC with their Movie Free-for-All. This Wednesday, July 13, 2011, EPIX is showing Wayne’s World at McCarren Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY.

But, if you’re not planning to be in a park in New York any time soon, that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a good flick, though, as EPIX has given Geeks of Doom three (3) DVD copies of Wayne’s World so you can you party on with the best of them!

Three (3) winners will each receive:

• One (1) Wayne’s World DVD

TO ENTER: There’s just two simple steps:

(1) Make sure you’re subscribed to the Geeks of Doom email digest. If you’re not then click here and sign up. (If you’re already a subscriber, then go right to the next step.)

(2) Fill out the entry form here below and submit. (Form is here after the jump.)

Good luck!