I know this seems like movie week but what can I tell ya? I've seen a lot of movies recently. SPOILER ALERT: Don't see any Spielberg movie before seeing this one. SUPER 8 is not so much a film as an exercise. This is J.J. Abrams (cough) homage to Steven Spielberg movies before he was obsessed with winning Oscars. As such, Abrams does a smashing job. The action sequences are well-filmed, the production values …
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 08:52AM on June 21, 2011