The End of Oak Street doesn’t spend much time (or any, really) trying to explain the science part of its science-fiction premise. The End of Oak Street is set in 1982, the same year that E.T. Stylistically, The End of Oak Street is so true to its influences that any small tweaks that Mitchell makes to the Amblin formula really stand out. In this way, The End of Oak Street is a gargantuan snake eating its own tail, a commercial product paying tribute to the commercial products of its creators’ childhoods. The End of Oak Street opens in theaters on August 14.