• Getting out of school - Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra

• Dinner at Charles's house - Match Game Opening Theme - Robert Arnold Israel

• Joe and his dad at the diner talking about baseball camp - Easy - Commodores

• Kids singing at night waiting to shoot the movie scenes - My Sharona - Zach Mills, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, Gabriel Basso and Joel Courtney

• Driving in the car to shoot the movie scenes - Bye Bye Love - The Cars

• Kids sitting at the diner talking about the crash - Silly Love Songs - Wings

• Gas station attendant listening to his Walkman on his headphones...

"SUPER 8" (2011) Review

When I first saw the trailer for J.J. Abrams' new movie, "SUPER 8", I had a very difficult time generating any interest in the film. I would have easily ignored it if it were not for the fact that two or three of my favorite actors were featured in the film and that it was produced by Steven Spielberg.

My feelings toward J.J. Abrams' previous work are rather mixed. Yes, I realize that he was one of the creators of such television series as "ALIAS" and "LOST". But Abrams ended up distancing himself from both shows before they eventually suffered from a decline in writing...