All right! We've all seen Transformers. Stuff blew up! Awesome! Now it's time to cleanse the palate by watching a genuinely good genre movie. It starts like a Norwegian Blair Witch Project knockoff, but Trollhunter builds into a thoughtful, surprising action picture about the grizzled man who is the sole defense against the trolls that are plaguing the (gorgeous) countryside and polar regions of Norway. Unlike Transformers, when shit blows up in Trollhunter—and plenty of shit does blow up—you feel something: fear, excitement, laughter. Go remind yourself what a good sci-fi movie is. (See Movie Times: thestranger.com/film)