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Barrett’s Review: J.J. Abram’s ‘Super 8’ is Why We Go to the Movies
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GRADE: A
There are few movies in recent memory that can make you laugh, tear up, clinch your seat and shreik with excitement. J.J. Abrams and Steve Spielberg have brought us just that film. As if we would expect any less from a legend and a new powerhouse, both who have an unrivaled affinity for science fiction, the supernatural and the unknown. Super 8 brings you back to a time where story and heart was the main draw of a summer blockbuster; this one also just so happens to feature cool and badass special effects. It’s simply a wonderful, wonderful film. This is why we go to the movies, people.
New Clip from J.J. Abram’s ‘Super 8′
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The release date of J.J. Abram and Steven Spielberg’s secretive alien invasion flick, Super 8, is fast approaching – and with it is coming a slew of clips from the film. A 2nd 35-second clip has made its way online to wet our appetites just a little bit more. It’s nothing too revealing; but it does feature the powerful strength on display of said extra terrestraial, as well as the onslaught of explosions and fireballs that will surely be peppered throughout the film. Check out the clip after the break.
Release Date Announced for ‘Super 8’
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The teaser for Super 8 had me at “hello.” Aside from the cheesy Jerry Maguire movie reference, news just broke the J.J. Abrams written and directed film Super 8 now officially has a release date. I’m going to do this to you, but you have to hit the jump to get the date for the Steven Spielberg produced project.
J.J. Abrams Teaming Up with Jonah Nolan for New Crime-Thriller TV Series?
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Sooo, is this an automatic green-light, home-run, A+ money-maker, or what? Entertainment Weekly is reporting (via Nolan Fans) that J.J. Abrams is “currently shopping around” a new TV series created by Christopher Nolan’s brother, Jonathan “Jonah” Nolan. Uh, why isn’t the news that they’ve already started casting and scouting filming locations? I mean, we have J.J. Abrams, the guy who created LOST and directed Star Trek, working with the guy who co-wrote Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight and is currently writing the script for Batman 3; who also happens to be of the same blood line as Christopher Nolan. WTF, TV networks?!?! That has to be one of the most pedigreed, inventive and creative collaborations in recent memory. Just do it, already!
Damon Lindelof Says ‘Star Trek’ Sequel Aims to be Like ‘The Dark Knight’
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Not a bad standard to strive for. Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof is busy at work writing the script for the still untitled sequel to 2009′s smash success Star Trek reboot. Lindelof joined the dynamic writing duo of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to help his Lost buddy/Star Trek director J.J. Abrams create the best, most imaginative sequel possible. And they already have a goal set in terms of the scope and story progression for their sequel, as they hope to emulate the success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
Teaser Trailer for J.J. Abram’s Secret Alien Project, Super 8, Hits the Web
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“It” begins. Back in 2007, the world witnessed the first successful online viral movie marketing campaign, in the form of the J.J. Abrams-produced monster movie, Cloverfield. The marketing campaign for that film was ultra-secretive, hoping to entice movie-goers through the itch of “having to know.” Well, he’s back, in the form of a new secret alien project, being produced by Steven Spielberg, titled Super 8. Rumblings of this mysterious project have been making the internet rounds recently, some saying that it was ultimately going to end up being a sequel to Cloverfield; until Abrams flat-out said last Thursday that Super 8 “has nothing to do” with Cloverfield. So that’s settled. What isn’t settled, is what the film will ultimately be about. Although this past weekend, we were given our first glimpse of Super 8, in the form of a teaser trailer that ran before prints of Iron Man 2. That teaser is now online, in glorious HD, and is available for you to watch after the break.
