Arguably the whole point of the original Twister was “Look at our cool new CGI special effects. Check out those particle simulations, yo!”. I wasn’t very impressed by that movie back in the day but it survived a recent rewatch … Continue reading
As a disaster movie, The Abyss has a great premise and location but it fails to be the disaster movie I wanted to see. Maybe its intent was to be more serious… though a sinking sandbox suggests otherwise. The flick … Continue reading
An airplane disaster survival movie with sharks? Mash-up those genres and give me something scrappy and fun, please. The odds were not in its favor – and certainly based on user ratings expectations were low – but I was pleasantly … Continue reading
So you want to be a climate refugee and you live in England? Here’s your chance to roam the countryside in despair, wondering how everything fell apart so quickly (and damply). Yeah, this is a serious sunny side down film. … Continue reading
Within the opening minute of this movie, I knew I’d made a big damn mistake. It’s one of those movies where there instant an image hits the screen, you know you’re in bargain basement territory. And when the first shitty … Continue reading
The Wandering Earth II popped up at my local theater here in the US unexpectedly. So I caught up on the two hour original (which I didn’t exactly love) and then hit the theater for the three hour sequel. I’ve … Continue reading
I was recently surprised to see The Wandering Earth 2 show up at my local cinema. I’m not sure I want to spend three hours in the cinema to watch it but certainly won’t if I havn’t seen the original. … Continue reading
I watched Firenado only because it’s the first 2023 film to appear on my radar… and what a disaster movie it is. A disaster movie and a disaster of a movie. It’s currently the best and worst movie of 2023… … Continue reading
That popping sound you hear is the collective brains of scientists and NASA officials exploding at once. This is a remarkably dumb movie – ridiculous and stupid on a monumental level. Not to be taken seriously, not to be taken … Continue reading
Don’t Look Up isn’t a particularly good comedy and it isn’t a particularly well-focused social satire, but it is a decent disaster movie. Unfortunately, it wants to be all three of these things but a broken script gets in the … Continue reading