On this day in movie history - Monsters (2010):

Monsters

directed and written by Gareth Edwards,

was released in the United States on March 13, 2010.
Music by Jon Hopkins.

Cast:

Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides, Annalee Jefferies, Justin Hall, Ricky Catter, Paul Archer, Kerry Valderrama, Jonathan Winnford, Stan Wong, Anthony Cristo, Mario Richardson, Jorge Quirs, Erick Arce, Emigo Munkel, Esteban Blanco, Victor Vejan, Cristopher Chararria, Roman Bustamante, Solamon Albarran, Alejandro Sotero, Victorino Angulo, David Alba Garcia, Eduardo Guizak, Alfonso Pineda, Jose Garcia Gomez, Erika Morales Yolanda Chacon, Elsa Rascon Gonzalez, Jose Luis Morales Chacon, Tamilez Morales Chacon, Jonathan Cadena Chacon, Cindy Vanessa Cadena Morales, Javier Acosta Rodriguez, Victor Manuel Martinez Tovar, Walter Hernandez Col, Kenedy Gamaliel Jiminez, Hugo Valuerde, Roberto Saluzan, Cesan Solauo, Aris Martinez, Claudia Valdez, Elizabeth Blanco Sanchez, Gloria Soza, Aura Escobar, Max Alfredo Coe Tux, Ivan Sanchez, Wilfredo Hernandez Alvarado, Ramon Otzoy Sucuc, Erma Bradley, Shelmar Bradley, Luis Cails Sosa Carlos, Rene Moreno Lopez, Kenia Guadalupe Dominluez Yamas, Jesus Jose Moreno Quezada, Marta Maria Acatitla Vasquez, Romeo Arista, Maria Luisa Ontanon, Refugio Tapia Rendon, Katerine Zuleika Guizar Tapia, Joagun Salazan, Anthony Jimenez Jara, Luis Robertomonge Brenes, Oscar Mario Badilla Bora, Neston Herrera, Iserias Antouro Morah, Cooper Smith.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1995 & 1996)

Star Trek: Lost Scenes / book (2018)

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2022)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Emanations.

Released March 13, 1995.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Kenneth Biller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jerry Hardin, Jeffrey Alan Chandler, Cecile Callan, Martha Hackett, Robin Groves, John Cirigliano, Derek Anthony, Jasmin Bischoff, David Clover, Debbie David, Tarik Ergin, Holiday Freeman, Audrey Gelfund, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Julie Jiang, Mary Marshall, Alta P. McGovern, Louis Ortiz, Chad Patterson, Richard Sarstedt, Daunette Saunders, Lou Slaughter, Simon Stotler, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 2. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Investigations.

Released March 13, 1996.

Directed by Les Landau.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Jeri Taylor, Jeff Schnaufer, Ed Bond, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Raphael Sbarge, Martha Hackett, Jerry Sroka, Simon Billig, Majel Barrett, Abdullah II King Of Jordan, Jeff Cadiente, Steve Carnahan, Tarik Ergin, Holiday Freeman, Kerry Hoyt, Julie Jiang, Ken Lesco, Dennis Madalone, Tom Morga, Louis Ortiz, Shepard Ross, Richard Sarstedt.

Star Trek: Lost Scenes

By David Tilotta and Curt McAloney.

Published by Titan Books.

Published 2018.

Illustrated edition.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1785653776

ISBN-13: 9781785653773

Description:

Fascinating compilation of previously unseen and fully restored stills from The Original Series, showing William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and other cast crew filming the iconic show.

Think you know everything about the Original Series? Think again. Star Trek: The Lost Scenes is packed with hundreds of never-before-seen color photos of the world's ultimate sci-fi series. Professionally restored images are used to chronicle the making of the series, reassemble deleted scenes, and showcase bloopers from the first pilot through the last episode. Whether you're a new Star Trek fan or a seasoned veteran, this book is a must-have.

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: It’s Been A Long Time...

Released March 13, 2022.

Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.

Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.

Cast: Mark A. Altman, Rick Berman, John Billingsley, André Bormanis, Brannon Braga, Manny Coto, Dominic Keating, Gates McFadden, Anthony Montgomery, Larry Nemecek, Lucie Salhany, Connor Trinneer.

On this day in movie history - Heart of Darkness (1994 movie & novel):

Heart of Darkness

directed by Nicolas Roeg,

written by Benedict Fitzgerald,

based on the novel by Joseph Conrad, released in the United States on March 13, 1994.

Music by Stanley Myers.

Cast:

Tim Roth, John Malkovich, Isaach De Bankolé, James Fox, Morten Faldaas, Patrick Ryecart, Michael Fitzgerald, Geoffrey Hutchings, Peter Vaughan, Phoebe Nicholls, Allan Corduner, Jan Tríska, Alan Scarfe, Michael Cronin, Iman, Timothy Bateson, Stephen Oxley, John Savident, Charles Kay, Ian McDiarmid, Bhime Souaré, Candice Daly.

Recommended reading:

Heart of Darkness

By Joseph Conrad.

Mass Market Paperback

First published 1899.

Published by Penguin Books.

ISBN 13: 9780140431681

ISBN 10: 0140431683

ASIN: B001KTM47C

Author Joseph Conrad based this novella on his own personal experiences, during a voyage up the Congo River in 1890.

This novella was the inspiration for the movie Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Description:

Written in the last year of the nineteenth century, Heart of Darkness can be seen in many ways as the first twentieth-century novel.

Its climate of doubt and vagueness, its loss of moral confidence and its need for belief in the midst of spiritual wilderness, its exploration of the subconscious and its affirmation of individual freedom are all themes that were to have an influence on writers such as Orwell, Godling, Céline, Borges and Eliot.

In Heart of Darkness Conrad unfolds the story of Marlow’s search for Mr Kurtz, the company agent whose ‘unlawful soul’ has been ‘beguiled beyond the bounds of permitted aspirations’ in his dealings with the natives of the Belgian Congo. Marlow’s adventure involves him in a crucial reappraisal of his own values. It is Kurtz, however, who attains to a vision of the inexpressible, terrifying reality of the heart in this extraordinary exploration of human savagery and despair.

Book cover image: The Steamer Stanley, by F. Hens.

On this day in music history - Southside, by Texas (1989):

Southside

Album by Texas,

released March 13, 1989.

Track list:

I Don't Want a Lover; Tell Me Why; Everyday Now; Southside; Prayer for You; Faith; Thrill Has Gone; Fight the Feeling; Fool for Love; One Choice; Future Is Promises.

On this day in movie history - Raising Arizona (1987):

Raising Arizona

directed by Joel Coen,

written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen,

was released in the United States on March 13, 1987.
Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Frances McDormand, Randall "Tex" Cobb, T.J. Kuhn, Jr., Lynne Kitei, Peter Benedek, Charles 'Lew' Smith, Warren Keith, Henry Kendrick, Sidney Dawson, Richard Blake, Troy Nabors, Mary Seibel, John O'Donnal, Keith Jandacek, Warren Forsythe, Ruben Young, Dennis Sullivan, Richard Alexander, Rusty Lee, James Yeater, Bill Andres, Carver Barns, Margaret H. McCormack, Bill Rocz, Mary F. Glenn, Jeremy Babendure, Bill Dobbins, Ralph Norton, Henry Tank, Frank Outlaw, Todd Michael Bogers, M. Emmet Walsh.