Entertainment : In Depth - Super 8

"Super 8" is a wonderful film, nostalgia not for a time but for a style of filmmaking, when shell-shocked young audiences were told a story and not pounded over the head with aggressive action. Abrams treats early adolescence with tenderness and affection. He uses his camera to accumulate emotion. He has the rural town locations right. ~ Roger Ebert

"Super 8" plays the Palace this week, Friday, July 15 through Thursday, July 21, in our regular 7 p.m. show. Or take advantage of added matinees on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday, July 16, 17, 18, and 20 at 2 p.m., and Saturday night late show at 9 p.m.

Directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, this is one summer blockbuster you won't want to miss. "Super 8" is rated PG-13 for action, violence, language and some drug use.

My sister called as she was driving home after seeing the movie to let me know that we needed to get this film. She absolutely raved about it. According to Suzy, you can't tell by the previews how all-out funny this film is. She said she laughed 'til she had tears running down her face.

Her kids did like it, but did not find it as hilarious, probably because she grew up in the 1970s, and they did not.

In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a 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.

Joel Courtney, Kyle Chandler, and Elle Fanning all star in this sci-fi action adventure, that according to Suzy is reminiscent of "Goonies" and "Sandlot."

Set the chainsaws, gloves and rakes aside, and join us in the air conditioning for hot buttery popcorn and 112 minutes of relaxing, non-physical entertainment.

See you at the Palace!