Category: Disaster Movies
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The Last Man on Earth (1964)
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Read more: The Last Man on Earth (1964)The Last Man on Earth is a B & W classic starring Vincent Price. It is a dark and depressing movie based on Richard Matheson’s novel; I Am Legend. This film has to be the basis for dozens of zombie movies, including the classic Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. I debated even watching this…
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Airport 1975
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Read more: Airport 1975No, this is not a trend that should cause you great concern, so I promise that I will stay far, far away from both Airport ’77 and Concorde: Airport ’79.
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Another Look: War of the Worlds (2005)
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Read more: Another Look: War of the Worlds (2005)When I was young, a science fiction fan had to find his fix of quality SF in magazines like Galaxy, If and Analogue, or paperbacks from Ace. The screen was largely a desert for science fiction. Oh, you had things like The Thing, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and Forbidden Planet. 2001. Some of…
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10 Cloverfield Lane
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Read more: 10 Cloverfield LaneI’m sitting here with my sore, demolished foot when I should be writing a movie review. Well, I am writing one, or trying to write one. How does one go about ranking, rating or writing a review of a movie? For one thing, for your opinion to have any credibility, you must watch the entire…
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San Andreas
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Read more: San AndreasDisaster films are a power fantasy that you can somehow skip through the greatest collective traumas of human history with little more than a scrape, some grit, and some mild flinching.
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United 93
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Read more: United 93Incredibly, a great film about 9/11 that evades cheap jingoism; an instant classic.
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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
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Read more: The Day After Tomorrow (2004)Fuck the summer. It’s hot as shit, kids are out of school, stinking up the streets, the cinema takes a holiday from both intelligence and subtlety.
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Day of the Dead (1985)
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Read more: Day of the Dead (1985)There are long stretches without any zombie action, but when it does hit, we are more than grateful.
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Night of the Living Dead
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Read more: Night of the Living DeadThere’s nothing particularly frightening about George Romero’s 1968 classic about zombies run amok, but I liked it just the same.