Star Trek Into Darkness [2013]

J.J. Abrams makes well-executed but benign PG-13 pop culture, and he has done it again with his second “Star Trek” movie, which seems like just the second part of a reboot. Kirk cries in the first act, then Spock shows he has feelings in the third.

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Star Trek (2009)

The 11th movie based on the cult television series re-starts the franchise — a perfunctory but well-executed exercise complete with childhood backstories. But illogically, this Spock is an unlikable, vengeful Vulcan, and Leonard Nimoy’s appearance feels forced.

d: J.J. Abrams | imdb.com | trailer | Kirk meets Uhura | and McCoy

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Nick Frost — the team behind “Shaun of the Dead” — pay homage to cop movies, capturing all of the genre’s clichés — from the fish out of water detective to the blood bath finale in deference to “Bad Boys II” and “Point Break.”

d: Edgar Wright | imdb.com | trailer | Pub.

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Not a spoof but a smart, comedic homage to zombie movies, specifically George Romero’s “Dead” trilogy. Simon Pegg, who plays Shaun, and director Edgar Wright co-wrote the pitch-perfect script — from “We’re coming to get you, Barbara” to the finale in a cellar.

d: Edgar Wright | imdb.com | trailer | more private time