Warning: This review contains spoilers for "Please Stand By," which premieres today (Jan. 26). You're a smart young woman who holds down a job and watches "Star Trek" as a hobby. Then, the dream ...

Dakota Fanning plays a woman with autism who writes a fan-fiction ‘Star Trek’ screenplay in 'Please Stand By,' a comic drama directed by Ben Lewin ('The Sessions'). By Sheri Linden Senior Copy ...

“Please Stand By,” directed by Ben Lewin and adapted by Michael Golamco from his one-act play of the same name, stars Dakota Fanning as Wendy, an autistic Bay Area woman on an epic journey to ...

"Please Stand By" — the new movie that shows a young woman running away from home to take part in a "Star Trek" script contest — was conceived as a sort of love letter to the 51-year-old Trek ...

In every respect but one, the perfectly pleasant drama Please Stand By is a standard American coming-of-age tale about a plucky youngster who takes to the road to prove her mettle to herself and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) “Sleepy” John Sandidge and his wife Bette look out ...

If we were to accuse Ben Lewin‘s “Please Stand By” of a cunning it doesn’t otherwise display, we might think this impassioned speech, uttered by the film’s intrepid autistic heroine ...