Twister (1996)
Directed by: Jan de Bont Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith, Cary Elwes You wouldn’t know it from looking at her, but Helen Hunt is one of the...
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New 2012 clip featuring Woody Harrelson
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Lars von Trier does disaster
I didn’t deliver a new disaster movie review this weekend, as I should have. Sorry about that. I’ll get a new one up as soon as I can. In the meantime, I give you...
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
The Big Apple is reduced to a heap of gravel, giving everyone an opportunity to develop spiritually. Yes, folks, it’s a Hallmark production.
2012 preview clip released
Yesterday, Sony released a five minute clip from Roland Emmerich’s upcoming 2012, giving us a taste of what the finished film will be like. This clip features John Cusack, Amanda Peet and their kids fleeing for their lives as California quite literally slides into the ocean.
Atomic Twister (2002)
Atomic twisters sounds cool enough, but this made-for-tv movie doesn’t quite live up to the promise of the title.
Megafault trailer online
Yes, folks, the MTV Movies Blog got their hands on the trailer for the upcoming made-for-tv disaster flick Megafault. First impression is Emmerich on a shoestring. If done right, I still think it might be the kind of dumb fun the disaster genre seems to specialize in.
The Last Voyage (1960)
“How much EXCITEMENT can explode in 91 minutes?” asks the trailer. Well, not that much, to be honest. The Last Voyage has some nice moments but is overall a rather pedestrian affair as disaster movies go.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
One of the classic disaster movies of the 1970’s, The Poseidon Adventure, starring Gene Hackman, is still one of the best in the genre.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
So here it is, the film that is arguably the major classic of the disaster movie genre. Certainly, The Towering Inferno is the finest example of the 70’s style of disaster cinema: big all-star cast, multiple storylines, a spectacular central event, and an all-around massive production (Inferno was at the time the biggest film produced on the 20th Century Fox lot by virtue of its 57 sets and four camera crews.)