Movies: "Super 8"
It’s the summer of 1979 and strange things are happening in the small town of Lillian, Ohio. First there’s a terrifying train derailment. A detachment of secretive soldiers arrives to clear the wreckage. Then all the dogs in town run away. People start to disappear. And who would possibly want to rip out all the engines from the vehicles sitting in the used car lot?
Those are the first clues to the cleverly plotted “Super 8,” my pick for the best popcorn movie of the summer.