Review: Super 8

If “ET” and “LOST” got together and had a baby, that baby would be “Super 8.”

And the child that came out turned to be pretty good looking.

From Writer/Director JJ Abrams (the man who created “Lost” and “Alias” for the small screen and directed “Mission: Impossible III” and the 2009 reboot of “Star Trek”) and Producer Steven Spielberg (do you really need to know his resume?), the pair takes audiences not only back in time in the film’s setting but also with the type of film that it is.

While the comparisons with “ET” are inevitable, such as with this Andy Greenwald piece from Grantland that suggests it’s more of homage than a blatant rip-off.

Review: X-Men - First Class

2011 just may be the year of Marvel Films.

In a two month span, Marvel will give movie goers three more additions to their franchise, with the latest additions to complete the backstory for the 2012 release of “The Avengers,” (“Thor,” which will be reviewed soon and “Captain America: The First Avenger” being released on July 22) and the meat in that Marvel sandwich reboots the highly successful “X-Men” film franchise with “X-Men: First Class.”