Arts & Entertainment

Mysterious Plot Surrounding Spielberg's New Summer Movie

Will Super 8 pay off?

Steven Spielberg produced Super 8 and everyone knows that he knows how to make summer blockbusters.

Here's the plot, provide by Moviefone.com

In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.

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Genre(s): Science Fiction

Run Time: 112 minutes

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Distributor(s): Paramount Pictures

Director(s): J.J. Abrams

Starring: Kyle Chandler , Elle Fanning , AJ Michalka , Noah Emmerich , Ron Eldard

Themes: mischievous children, unlikely hroes, small-town life

Tone: atmospheric, humorous, poignant, tense

 Super 8 is showing locally at 12:01 am at AMC Lake In The Hills 12,  311 North Randall Road, Lake In The Hills.

For movie times and a trailer, click here for Moviefone's website.


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