J.J. Abrams’ vision of the classic space-faring franchise continues to dominate the increasingly-crowded sci-fi genre. After the successful reboot in 2009, the tricky follow-up of Star Trek Into Darkness had a lot to live up to; not only its predecessor, but the much beloved original series. It’s the loudest, fastest, shiniest, most slick, most beautiful and yes, most entertaining Star Trek to date, but this does come at a cost of the introspection and consideration that was previously associated with the series. That being said, Star Trek Into Darkness is a brilliant blockbuster – just expect it to be closer to Transformers than to Wrath of Khan.
It’s not over ’til the fat lady sings. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SING SOMETHING
Paul Giamatti does his best not to explode his face from screaming alone; fails.
Based on real life events, Richard Linklater’s black comedy Bernie has somehow only just made it to Britain despite premiering way back in 2011; we don’t even remember when 2011 was. Fresh and funny without getting complicated (we know how you hate complicated things) Bernie is well worth a watch – after all, how often do you get to see Matthew McConaughey with his shirt on?
No one would ever have heard of The Signal if it weren’t for Morpheus. Nice work!
Spider-Man spotted atop car. Stop the presses
You’ll have to wait a whole 8 months for the beefwars in 300: Rise of an Empire, gentlemen
Snipe London
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