The End of Oak Street Draws on an Enduring ’80s-Era Spielberg Formula

The new Warner Bros. science-fiction thriller, The End of Oak Street, imagines a suburban neighborhood mysteriously transported to prehistoric times, where the unfortunate inhabitants try (and mostly fail) to survive becoming a dinosaur’s dinner. But the presence of velociraptors isn’t the only quality of the film that feels like a product of another era. Among Oak Street’s largely positive reviews, many critics have noted that it evokes the spirit of ’80s-era Amblin Entertainment movies: a styl