2012: Supernova (2009)
Mockbuster makers The Asylum attempt to cash in on the hype surrounding Emmerich’s 2012.
Category: Reviews
Nippon chinbotsu a.k.a. The Submersion of Japan (1973)
Directed by: Shirô Moritani Starring: Hiroshi Fujioka, Keiju Kobayashi, Tetsurô Tanba, Ayumi Ishida In English, Nippon chinbotsu is known as The Submersion of Japan or, simply, Japan Sinks. Whatever else you might think of...
City on Fire (1979)
Directed by: Alvin Rakoff Starring: Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda, James Franciscus Shelley Winters’ demise in The Poseidon Adventure was one of the highlights of that movie....
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
The sequel to The Poseidon Adventure gives us a chance to enjoy good actors in bad circumstances.
Haeundae (2009)
Directed by: Je-gyun Yun Starring: Kyung-gu Sol, Ji-won Ha, Joong-Hoon Park, Jeong-hwa Eom In the very large shadow cast by 2012, there was at least one other noteworthy disaster movie released during 2009. A...
Mission of the Shark (1991)
Directed by: Robert Iscove Starring: Stacy Keach, Richard Thomas, Steve Landesberg, Don Harvey, David Caruso One of these days I’ll have to write a definition of what a disaster movie is. I suppose many...
The Core (2003)
Directed by: Jon Amiel Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, Tchéky Karyo, DJ Qualls, Bruce Greenwood I will always have the highest regard for director Jon Amiel, but The Core is...
Flood (2007)
Directed by: Tony Mitchell Starring: Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn Gilsig, Tom Courtenay, Joanne Whalley, David Suchet, Nigel Planer Setup is for sissies. Flood wastes no time to get things moving, drowning a gloomy Scottish town...
Terror on the 40th Floor (1974)
Directed by: Jerry Jameson Starring: John Forsythe, Joseph Campanella, Anjanette Comer, Lynn Carling, Laurie Heineman Terror on the 40th Floor is usually said to be a rip-off of The Towering Inferno. I’m sure it...