Watching Goonies, Monster Squad, The Explorers and Wizard of Speed and Time, there was a certain feeling I got as a child that just has never been replicated. It could be that movies with kids are tamer now-a-days, could be that the age is just different and we have a more distinct understanding of what is appropriate for children. Watching Super 8 seemed to tap into this feeling that I’ve been missing, but was this nostalgia? Was this an actual good movie? Read on to find out...[more]...

I think I can hear what most people are going to ask. Is it similar to the first movie? Well not wanting to get ahead of myself, but yes. Maybe things are a little more amped, but the beats are pretty much all there, including the way it ends. Does this make the movie a disappointment? I wouldn’t be telling the truth if I said I wasn’t a tad. But does that make it a bad movie? Well read on people and find out...[more]...