2016’s summer movie season was weirdly unexciting, and no two films summed up this weird lack of excitement better than Star Trek Beyond and Finding Dory . These two films weren’t terrible by any stretch of the imagination. They weren’t notably fantastic either. They were simply adequate, and reviewing adequate films is boring. So, instead of having to write two dull reviews about two adequate films, I'm going to write one dull review about two adequate films. Star Trek Into Sufficiency Let’s look at Star Trek Beyond first. I need to clarify that I am not a Star Trek fan like I am a Star Wars one. My relationship with the franchise doesn’t stretch much further than the J.J. Abrams reboots, so this opinion is coming from someone who knows nothing about classic Star Trek , really liked the 2009 film, and enjoyed Star Trek Into Darkness . For starters, Beyond has some major changes behind the scenes. Justin Lin has taken over directing duties from Abrams fairly seamlessly; t...