With all the Bourne wannabe movies this summer, it’s nice to have Matt Damon and Paul Greenglass making the real thing again. Cyber terrorism is the driving force behind Jason Bourne’s latest return, and with scenes featuring Silicon Valley tech stars, arguments over privacy vs security, a Las Vegas electronics convention and even a truck mowing down innocent passersby on the sidewalks, the film is almost prescient. Our plucky, seemingly indestructible hero takes everything in stride and despite all the assault and battery he dishes out, he somehow makes us feel safer.

Star Trek Beyond is directed by the man who made Fast and Furious must-see fan-fare, with lots of humor and a story that would have worked in Gene Roddenbury’s original TV shows. This lizard-guy attacks the USS Enterprise to reacquire the so-called “death machine” and leaves the away team stranded on a uninhabited planet with a landscape similar to Mono Lake. There’s a domed city straight out of Logan’s Run (if created by M.C. Escher), a motorcycle race between Kirks from different timelines that’s reminiscent of the race in the Tron reboot, and, with a nod to 2016 sensibilities, a brief interlude where Sulu and his husband bond with their adopted girl. Despite the one-liners and visual jokes, the film is a somber reminder that well-loved actors Leonard Nimoy (who appears briefly as Spock) and Anton Yelchin (who plays Chekov) have recently passed away. 3 pieces of entertaining in a retro sort of way toast

Those who enter the hallowed movie theater should Ignore all the mean-spirited, online commentaries and revel in the “Sisterhood is Powerful” vibes of the four funny and very talented women (Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones,and Kate McKinnon), who don the fabled Ghostbusters jump suits, acquire a well-used hearse for transportation and do battle with copious amounts of slimy ectoplasm. Since the rent on the original firehouse has shot through the roof. the quartet moves into an empty upstairs office in NYC’s Chinatown. Each of the new Ghostbusters has a specific set of skills and include: a physics professor; her long-time pal; a mad-scientist inventor; and a subway worker. There’s cameos from the original film’s surviving stars, familiar music themes, an overabundance of CGI effects and to complete the gender-shift, some hunky office eye-candy in the form of Chris Hemsworth.

The people who continue to bring us The Minions (in a short cartoon before the feature), continue with The Secret Life of Pets, a dog’s tale (or tail?) where a Jack Russell Terrier rules his NYC apartment building. The position of “top dog” is up for grabs when a fluff-covered mutt appears. The rivalry eventually leads them to dog-walking at cross purposes, capture by animal control, and a stint among the “flushed pets” abandoned by their owners. Similarities with Disney’s Lady and the Tramp will only occur to those old enough to fondly recall the Siamese cat duet, dog pound quartet and a romantic meal of spaghetti and meatballs. No Peggy Lee songs in this one, but Alexander Desplat’s jazz music brightens an animated film perfect for pet owners of all ages

Roald Dahl’s classic tale of the Big Friendly Giant (BFG) is given a Spielbergian treatment of low key wonderment and whimsy. The sections in the fabled land of giants (where the BFG is the runt of the litter) are the most magical, while the last third (set in a “real world” featuring Buckingham Palace), depends more on the humor derived from the giant trying to blend in with humans. In our household, this book was traded back and forth among fourth and fifth graders because of the BFG’s magical whiz-pops (aka farts). Fans should be pleased that the passed gas is green-tinged in the film.

Pixar’s astoundingly touching and beautiful animated film Finding Nemo is a tough act to follow, and Finding Dory is just a bit to derivative to be as fresh and exciting. Dory (Ellen Degeneres) the blue tang with short-term memory loss problems was inspired in the first film, but the “What was I doing?” bits grow tiresome when the entire movie is built on that schtick. Which isn’t to say the movie isn’t fun—it just depends too much on the “lets do it again” concept. Once again, an adorable little fish heads on a quest across thousands of miles of ocean to track down parents. There are plenty of side-trips plenty of unusual sea creatures to interact with in funny ways and unsubtle sequences comparing and contrasting what it’s like to “be free and potentially somebody’s next dinner,” to “being safe and protected and taken care of (in a dentist’s office fish tank or multi-habitat sea-quarium). With all the new faces, it’s easy to find a character you love. I pick Hank the grouchy octopus (voiced by Ed O’Neil) as my favorite. What’s your choice?