With the Star Trek franchise on life support, following recent film and TV flops, this is just what the EMH ordered.

JJ Abrams’ fingerprints are all over this one, and the end result is a fast-paced, hip, sexy, funny, and action-packed movie. If you’re not a Trek fan, this one will make for a good popcorn movie (think Iron Man) – if you’re familiar with the voyages of the starship enterprise, it will be a pure delight, offering back story to your favourite characters, and subtle references to all things Trek that will have you smiling from start to finish. As a fan of the original series, it was great to see a new set of actors bring the characters to life – Karl Urban’s performance as Bones was especially strong.

And while I’m not in the habit of doing movie reviews on this blog, the opportunity to post the Jack Layton red shirt pic that’s been floating around the net was too much to pass up.