For director and writer J.J. Abrams, the heart of “Super 8” was always in the characters.  Even as the most bizarre and unexplained events begin to unravel their once-quiet Ohio town, these characters are moving through very real relationships and experiences of loss and love.  He knew that finding just the right mix of actors was going to be essential, so Abrams and his team began with a massive search.

Johnny Depp thinks the series should always be “special.”

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The idea of a smart drug captures the human imagination: “I have not yet met a person who isn’t intrigued by the idea of being able to use 100% of their brain. You could see and perceive more. You might be more coordinated. You could learn faster and recover memories you thought you had forgotten long ago. Suddenly, it’s all accessible.”

Please read our review of Limitless, which opens Friday March 18.

Nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture, Sideny Lumet’s outrageous satire on American TV was prophetic; it looks less like a fantasy as the years pass. As written by Paddy Chayefsky, the tale chronicles fourth-place network that will air anything for a rating, including a patently insane, profanity-shouting “mad prophet” of the TV airwaves.