Christian Bale
Michael Keaton
Our Review of the month
Super 8
After a run of successes for Mr. Jeffrey Jacob, better known as J. J. Abrams, including the T.V. shows Alias and Lost, followed by MI:3 and Star Trek, he directs this coming of age/alien movie, Super 8. He did good things with his producing contribution on Cloverfield, but has his alien adventure hit the mark too? Directing a movie with a scattering of obvious influences from other films such as Stand By Me, The Goonies and E.T., who better to get on board; none other than the beard himself, Mr. S.A.S; that’s Steven Spielberg, by the way.
Set in 1979, a bunch of mates are trying to make a zombie movie on one of their dad’s super 8 cameras. Contributing to a scene at a railway station is an approaching train. ‘Production Value’! What follows is possibly the most horrific and horrendously realistic crash that has ever been put onto film. Surviving the disaster with only a few cuts and scrapes, the friends decide to continue making their movie....
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