Star Trek: Into Darkness

Action Packed! Masterful!! Nostalgic!!!

Reprimanded for insubordination, James T. Kirk will bring the galaxy to the brink of war and face his deadliest nemesis... and Star Fleet’s greatest secret!

Brilliantly written and superbly directed with superior performances... this is the boldest Star Trek adventure yet!

A+ / PG

Starring: Chris Pine; Zachary Quinto; Zoe Saldana; Karl Urban; and, Benedict Cumberbatch

Featuring: Simon Pegg; John Cho; Anton Yelchin; and, Alice Eve.

With: Bruce Greenwood; Peter Weller; and, Noel Clarke.

Plus: Deep Roy and Heather Lagenkamp.
Writers: Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
Director: JJ Abrams



Reel Reviews
By Frank Jaymes

For Fans: This film is loaded with reflection and recollection of Treks past...! Unfortunately, I was in attendance with the deadest audience ever! All that wicked kewl homage and they never seemed to notice!

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   A Stunning, Remarkable, Overwhelming Achievement!

Across the universe, on a lush green alien world the interests of science and commerce collide. While scientists hope to explore and learn, a conglomerate is seeking to acquire a precious element. The business of that acquisition may have a diplomatic solution, offering the native, primitive, people education, medicine and other advancements in exchange for their cooperation. Should diplomacy fail, a corporate military is waiting... but life on Pandora has many deadly secrets and an army of it’s own!

Seen in IMAX 3D, this film is almost overpowering – visually. The story here is decently written, only slightly predictable. It is the direction, incorporating vast CGI with live action in such a manner one may forget nothing on Pandora is real. Even so, the performances seem a bit weak, becoming lost amongst the wondrous CGI characterizations and sets.

B / PG2

Starring: Sam Worthington; Zoe Saldana; Sigourney Weaver; Stephen Lang; and, Michelle Rodriguez
Featuring: Giovanni Ribisi; Joel David Moore; and, CCH Pounder
With: Wes Studi; Laz Alonso; and, Dileep Rao
Director and Writer: James Cameron

Reel Reviews by Josef

Star Trek

A Bold New Beginning For Gene Roddenberry’s Creation!

Jim Kirk was born in outer space, across the galaxy, in the wake of a stellar event with a heroic finale. On Earth he became a reckless, adventurous, dangerous, care-free, young man. Brilliant but without ambition, abandoning the legacy of his parents... until the day he met Captain Christopher Pike. Now, he will take-up a new challenge and find an ambition which few can match.

For twenty-five years a threat has loomed across the galaxy... waiting for Starfleet’s flagship and it’s famed captain and first officer! James Tiberius Kirk and Spock are young and inexperienced; yet, they face an enemy harboring for them much anger and contempt.

Taking incomplete threads from the short-lived series, “Star Trek: Enterprise”, this film has dared to ask: What if everything we know were to change? It’s an amazing concept, wonderfully made reality! This film is filled with bits reminiscent of Trek past but it’s shape and sustenance is fascinatingly fresh!

Masterfully written, performed, directed, produced and effected, this is a Must-See film... and it’s just the beginning!

A / PG2

Starring: Chris Pine; Zachary Quinto; Karl Urban; and, Zoe Saldana.
Featuring: Bruce Greenwood; Simon Pegg; John Cho; and, Anton Yelchin.
With: Leonard Nimoy; Eric Bana; Winona Ryder; and, Ben Cross.

Reel Review by Josef