Astutely realizing her vulnerability, playboy Harley plies Judith with flattery, vintage champagne, rides in his Rolls Royce and red Ferrari and even arranges a jaunt in his private jet with intent to join the To make his point about the sin of adultery, Perry predictably tosses in alcoholism, cocaine addition, domestic abuse and the heavy-handed threat of HIV infection as punishment for the promiscuous. Up with the Kardashians celebrity Kim Kardashian, the middle sister with the infamous sex tape, proves -- indisputably -- that she has zero acting talent, although she's been astutely typecast as Ava, a rude, gold-digging office assistant who

Repeating the capitalist mantra, "expand or die," Henry routinely visits local funeral parlors and cemeteries, ruthlessly determined to buy the deceased's land at bargain prices from grieving children who are uninterested in pursuing their parents' hardscrabble life. Bahrani collaborated with Hallie Elizabeth Newton on this cliche-riddled, contrived and not-entirely-credible script, developing not only the two primary characters but also subsidiary ones, including Whipple's neighbor and hated rival, Jim Johnson (Clancy Brown) and his son (Ben Marten), Whipple's hard-working wife Irene (Kim Dickens), his unyielding father (Red West), along with son Dean's savvy girl-riend Cadence Farrow (Maika Monroe) and the town's restless "hotie," Meredith Crown (Heather Graham).

Written by Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof, it's produced and directed by J.J. Abrams ("Super 8"), who's efficiently rebooted Gene Roddenberry's iconic pop culture franchise into a sprawling, high-tech, high-tension spectacle, adroitly revealing one layer of deception after another with a breathless sense of pace and tempo that keeps the attention riveted. The "Into Darkness" title is appropriate because the simplistic, characteristically upbeat, lightheartedness and quirky, bantering humor of the original series has been almost discarded in favor of sinister, convoluted global conspiracies, challenging moral ambiguities and a myriad of graphic effects and lens flare-laden set-pieces. On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to10, "Star Trek Into Darkness" revs up to a highly entertaining, adrenaline-fueled 8, filled with feverish, fast-paced suspense and excitement.

The event will feature acts and performances from a new troupe, the Zerbini Family Circus, an eighth-generation family of performers. Proceeds from the circus will benefit financial assistance for the Y's summer camps, as well as the Kiwanis community fund, which supports youth programs throughout the community.