Super 8

Super 8

Film review by: Witney Seibold

 

J.J. Abrams‘ “Super 8” was likely pitched as a “high octane ‘E.T.’”

X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

Film review by: Witney Seibold

 

I used to read “X-Men” comics in high school, and I know many other people who also used to read about the exploits of Professor X and his not-so-merry band of mutated superpowered humans. And while all superhero fans can relate to this following phenomenon (indeed, as can anyone who has seen a remake or an adaptation in recent years purely for nostalgia), there’s something about the geek lifestyle that is akin to being a lapsed Catholic, or an ex-military type, or a retired athlete. You may have given it up, or mellowed in your adolescent passion, but you’re still kind of in it.