Izah Morales
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines—“What path should I follow?”

This seems to be the recurring theme in the latest episode of “Star Trek: The Future Begins,” which tells the stories of each young crew of USS Kelvin Enterprise.

We see a young Spock (Zachary Quinto)–who is confused about his half-human, half-Vulcan roots–taking a path that would later shape his life as an adult.

Spock joins James Kirk (Chris Pine), Uhura (Zo Saldana), McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho) and Chekov (Anton Yelchin) in a maiden voyage to stop Romulan Nero’s vengeful attack on the United Federation of Planets. In the process, the “battle” also takes place among the crew whose friendships and leaderships are tested.

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By Clarence Yu

17 Again tells the story of Mike O’Donnell (Matthew Perry/Zac Efron) who, at the age of 37, finds himself regretting the choices he made when he was in High School. He is unhappy with the way his life has turned out and is in the middle of a divorce with his once beloved wife.

Wishing that he were back in high school again, Mike soon finds himself transformed back to his young self, however, it is still the present day, and he has not gone back in time. What follows next is a predictable storyline that sets the stage for a series of events that makes Mike realize that he should have been happy with what he had.

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