Super 8 (June 10, 2011)

[Dr Mordrid]

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlQr2N2nMSM

Studios: Paramount, Amblin Entertainment & Bad Robot Productions

Director/Screenplay: J. J. Abrams (Star Trek 1/2, Alias, Lost etc)
Producer: Stephen Spielberg

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.

[Dr Mordrid]

I really wanted this to be great, but to me it's just a mashup of ET, Goonies and Cloverfield. The creature isn't as large as Clover, but you can definitely tell it was also designed by Neville Page. The f/x are of course top notch. Something just seemed off.