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In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. Accidentally they witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
While it may not achieve the level of pop culture canonization as the Spielberg films it invokes, Super 8 should inspire many to use their camera-phones for something more creative than a profile pic.
If you're wondering what's missing from so many big-budget, effects-driven Hollywood movies, the answer lies in J.J. Abrams' Super 8: heart and passion. What's happening onscreen really matters to...
June 10, 2011
The Atlantic
A love letter to a cinematic era, before 'blockbuster' became a synonym for 'franchise' or 'tent pole.'
This Spielbergian misstep by J. J. Abrams attempts to be the emotional coming-of-age equivalent of Stand by Me but instead winds up as a cacophonous mishmash of Goonies and War of the Worlds.