Movies

Like fan-boy fiction on a $185 million budget, director J.J. Abrams' film is reverential, faithful and steeped in "Trek" mythology.

On paper it sounds unbearably precious and solipsistic — a cliche, even.

The Chattanooga Film Society will open its Summer POV Film Series on Monday, May 20, with "Only the Young."

A fun documentary that looks at the rise of video and the video-store culture that flourished in the 1980s and '90s will be screened by the Mise En Scenesters film club at 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave.

Five Jewish-themed, award-winning films produced in Israel and the United States will be shown on consecutive Wednesdays beginning May 22 at the Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 North Terrace. Films are suitable for ages 16 and older.

In this comedy from Tyler Perry, Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) is eager to propose to his girlfriend, Grace Peeples (Kerry Washington).

If any piece of classic American literature should be depicted on film with wildly decadent and boldly inventive style, it's "The Great Gatsby."

A documentary about a Signal Mountain High School student who struggles with autism will premier today, May 9, at 7 p.m. in Walker Pavilion at Coolidge Park, 150 River St.

Chattanooga’s Majestic 12 Theater, 311 Broad St., is among the Carmike locations scheduled to screen two cultural events the next two Sundays.

In the galaxy of big-screen superheros — a rather glum lot — Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is the snappy one.