Super 8, 2011. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Gabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich, Ron Eldard, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, Caitriona Balfe, and Zach Mills. SYNOPSIS: Super 8 is J.J. Abrams’ cinematic love letter to those halcyon Lucas/Spielberg films of the 70s and 80s. (Spielberg even produced it.) It’s out now […]
The Week in Disappointment – Shia LaBeouf, Star Wars, Prometheus, Fantastic Four, Jem and the Holograms, Johnny Depp
Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Shia LaBeouf is watching all of his movies in a row” They say you have to suffer for your art. That would explain why Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is in the line up. Speaking of fundamental story problems… “J.J. Abrams […]
J.J. Abrams says Super 8 and Star Trek Into Darkness had “fundamental story problems”
Yesterday we brought you some comments from J.J. Abrams about Star Wars: The Force Awakens [see here], and now speaking to Wired the director has compared his experience developing the story for the upcoming blockbuster with his previous work on Super 8 and Star Trek Into Darkness, stating that he felt those movies both had […]