46.) Star Trek: Beyond [7/27/2016]

I was put off by the second installment of this rebooted franchise, so I went into this film with low expectations. In the end, I was pleasantly surprised. ST:B managed to recapture the swashbuckling experience of the original series while not giving into to nostalgia worship (as the last one did). It was fun, toyed with the fringes of exploration, and had space magic. All good things.

That said, Jeremy Lin, director of the Fast and Furious movies may not have been the best choice. The film hit a lot of the same notes (namely, the importance of family), and there were a lot of fun space vehicle chase scenes. But, there was also, for no explicable reason, a motorcycle chase scene which raised more questions than it answered. 

All in all, for a summer action movie, one could do worse than this.