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The aesthetic components of the film evoke a quality of vivid nostalgia, as though siphoned from a memory of a not-so-bygone time. Shot on 35mm film, the shadows swim with grain.

It may not boldly go where no “Star Trek” film has gone before, but it gets there at warp speed, and with a full tank of fresh ideas. PG-13. At area theaters.

Yet it also boasts a unique aesthetic style that is very much its own. ... If you watch Andor, say, or [the original] Star Wars, or even the sequel movies, you have a certain range of color palettes.