Earth in peril – twice over!
Two new disaster movies have gone into post-production over at CineTel Films – both built around gloriously idiotic concepts.
Author: Crippa
St. Helens (1981)
Stereotypical but amusing retelling of the Mount St. Helens eruption, spiced up with country music, checkered shirts and not-so-special effects.
Ice Twisters (2009)
Made-for-TV movie featuring twisters, awful dialogue and a plot that is unusually stupid even for a disaster movie.
Stacy Keach and Brad Dourif starring in new disaster films
Got wind of a couple of upcoming disaster movies slated for release during 2011. Both are being produced by Bullet Films and I believe they will premiere on SyFy. Weather Wars, set for release...
Asteroid (1997)
Annabella Sciorra and Michael Biehn star in this technically well-made but generic TV movie, which is let down by a boring finale.
Unstoppable (2010)
Paper-thin plot, good-looking execution. Tony Scott’s latest film is passable as mindless entertainment.
Outbreak (1995)
Dustin Hoffman fights a horrible killer virus and a cartoon villain in this quite entertaining pandemic thriller.
Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
Tornado Tommy comes back from the (supposedly) dead in this messy and absurd sequel to Category 6.
R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen
Sad news this Monday: actor Leslie Nielsen has died from complications from pneumonia. He was 84 years old. Nielsen, whose career spanned 60 years, will perhaps be remembered by most as the star of...
Fire! (1977)
Ernest Borgnine stars in this entertaining, Irwin Allen-produced TV movie that offers grisly deaths, lots of fire and a helping of low-budget cheese.