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Clever and nostalgic, Super 8 finds a perfect cast of kids to rediscover the leftover charm from the '80s, linked back to creature features of the '50s.

Monstrous Politics Stills from a plethora of mobile camera phones and handheld video made 9/11 America’s first voyeuristic disaster. Technology allowed for endless replay of exploding planes and collapsing …

Smothering With a restless pacing and drip-fed paranoia, director Dan Trachtenberg’s sort of Cloverfield sequel pins to survivalist culture. John Goodman’s eerie bunker-building Howard propels 10 Cloverfield Lane toward …

A Remake Awakens Director J.J. Abrams produces what is obstinately a Star Wars film, more so than the borderline imposters which composed George Lucas’ own prequel trilogy. Force Awakens …

Cloverfield is not a giant monster movie. Going in with the expectation to see a monster rampaging through New York is not the proper way of preparing yourself. This …