Chock Full Of Spock

Outed politicians and a Dalí-fied Robert Pattinson do battle with the U.S.S. Enterprise.

“Next Day Air”
Anyone watching this intricately silly feature debut from music video director Benny Boom who bothers to question why someone would send ten kilos of cocaine via a package delivery company is missing the point. “Scrubs” alum Donald Faison and Mos Def star as a pair of frazzled delivery drivers who unwittingly drop off the all-important package at the wrong address and into the hands of two small-time hoods (Mike Epps and Wood Harris), prompting local kingpin Bodega to send his equally inept goons in search of the missing product.
Opens wide.

“Objectified”
Filmmaker Gary Hustwit, whose directorial debut “Helvetica” earned him a Truer Than Fiction nomination at the 2008 Spirit Awards, charts the symbiotic yet often ignored relationship between art and consumerism, taking us inside some of the world’s top design houses. From Apple to BMW, Hustwit collects testimony from designers responsible for revenue in the billions who outline the painstakingly detailed process of aesthetic development in an age where the Internet gives customers the scope to tailor almost everything they buy into an extension of their own unique personality.
Opens in New York.

“Outrage”
Having pulled the rug out from under the borderline secret society that is the MPAA with “This Film is Not Yet Rated,” documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick turns to hypocrisy in politics around the subject of homosexuality with this new documentary. Again utilizing playful graphics and engaging musical cues to bring a potentially dry subject to life, Dick sets about outing several high-profile politicians who maintain a vehemently anti-gay stance, the roots of which, Dick believes, are planted firmly in the closet.
Opens in limited release.

“Rudo y Cursi”
A massive hit in its native Mexico, writer/director Carlos Cuarón’s offbeat rags-to-more-rags tale offers a deliberately down and dirty sibling rivalry vehicle for co-stars Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal to once again showcase their burgeoning talents. Country bumpkin stepbrothers Beto (Luna) and Tato (Bernal) are discovered by a slippery sports agent, arriving with a ticket to Mexico City and a potentially bigtime soccer career — for only one of them. In Spanish with subtitles.
Opens in New York and Los Angeles.

“Star Trek”
These days when your franchise runs out of gas (and “Trek” has been running on dilithium crystal fumes since “First Contact”), the trend is to reboot and “go dark,” the latter of which J.J. Abrams has thankfully resisted with this origin story. Instead, he sets the phasers to 11, brings back the kitsch and aims for the spectacular. The little-known Chris Pine gets to sit in the big chair as Captain Kirk, alongside Zachary Quinto as Spock, and John Cho, Simon Pegg and Karl Urban for this action-packed reimagining. Eric Bana gets to drive something even cooler than a ’74 XB Falcon Coupe as a time-traveling Romulan with a grudge against history.
Opens wide and in IMAX.

“The Window”
While Hollywood insists on maintaining a comfortably reverential distance between itself and the subject of old age (see the likes of “Secondhand Lions” and “Benjamin Button”), we can look to the likes of Argentine director Carlos Sorín for stories that put a little meat on the old bones, so to speak. Antonio (played by Antonio Laretta), an aging, bed-ridden aristocrat, awaits the return of his estranged pianist son. Unable to handle the preparations himself, he instructs his staff in the meticulous arrangements while he lays enfeebled, reflecting on the life that might have been. In Spanish with subtitles.
Opens in New York.

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