Movie and Book review

Star Trek : Into Darkness - Not as memorable as the first reboot but MUCH better than Iron man 3 and certainly worth the ticket. Might see it again just to catch all the cameos by characters/races etc from Star Trek mythology.  All the Star trek films suffer in my eyes from being written with one villain per movie in mind who the crew needs to defeat..and thats not really what I want in a sci fi movie. Into Darkness treats us to some detail depth and amazing visuals surrounding human/Star fleet society and I think future movies would be better to focus interesting place and large events that the crews are just a part of rather than single villains who garner great power then manage to lose it in the arc of the film. Go see it for sure at least once..but see the digital version (aka standard) not the 3D or IMax format...both are bad deceptive predatory behavior by the film industry we dont want to reward

Dan Brown : Inferno - Another strong and twisty story with a large social question at the heart of it. In this case Brown asks people to consider what the world will be like if humans dont start conserving resources, protecting the environment and limiting population growth. The good professor in this book seems to get by on a little too much dumb luck for my taste but Brown really knows how to explore important questions with the novel as a vehicle. Brown's formula includes taking at the reader on guided tours on some of history's most interesting place and this trip alone is worth the purchase price. Get it cheap at Costco for like 17 bucks instead of 30 at Barnes and Noble.