<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/startrek-beyondaug16.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3743" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/startrek-beyondaug16-300x168.jpg" alt="startrek-beyond(aug16)" width="300" height="168" /></a>What better thing to do on a promised wet summer afternoon than to trek (get it?) up to Scunthorpe to watch <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2660888/" target="_blank">Star Trek Beyond</a>. I have a Lloyds Bank Club account which gives me six free cinema tickets and because of the situation over the last 12 months I still had three of them left and they run out next Monday. I invited Dave and Lucie along which they happily accepted. It wasn't until we sat down in the cinema and the titles came up that Lucie suddenly declares she came to watch Star Wars not Star Trek.

And so to the film. I cannot recall ever seeing a Star Trek movie at a cinema - Jane wasn't a great fan of formulaic Sci Fi but enjoyed films like Alien and Gravity. That aside, it was a pleasant way to spend an afternoon. I don't see how the special effects can get any better in films and the SFX are the star of this movie. The script was co-written by Simon Pegg, who also stars as Scottie, and his humour is peppered throughout the film. It's light humour between bonded characters strewn with significant battle scenes and aliens who are obsessed with destroying the Federation.

It isn't a "must see" film but if you have free tickets and are bored then it's worth a visit.