Star Trek: Insurrection

NO SURPRISES here, as if you were expecting any - it's just another reliable instalment in the apparently endless series, essentially an extended two-hour episode minus the ad breaks, with typically assured performances from Picard and crew whiling the time away agreeably. That said, there's nothing remotely novel or special about the film, and confirmed Anti-trekkies will see nothing here to change their minds. I nodded off briefly, I'll confess, but that was more a reflection of my unprecedented level of physical and mental exhaustion than anything inherently wrong with the film. While it wouldn't be worth cancelling a dinner appointment for, Insurrection is recommended to anyone with a couple of surplus hours to kill.