Tag: disaster

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December 21, 2022

The Poseidon Adventure at 50: The high watermark for disaster movies

Remembering the epic drama that combined spectacle with heartfelt moments.
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February 4, 2022

Moonfall is pure earnest schlock from Roland Emmerich, and that’s a good thing

Pure-strain sincerity and a ragtag cast of lovable goofballs elevate Emmerich's latest sci-fi disaster movie to a pulpy, fun ride.
Twister Philip Seymour HoffmanP
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August 24, 2020

P.S.H. I Love You: Enter the suck zone of 1996’s “Twister”

Philip Seymour Hoffman livened up Jan de Bont's 1996 blockbuster -- and probably made Jack Black's career possible.
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July 2, 2020

“And don’t call me Shirley”: “Airplane!” at 40

Four decades later, Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker's pitch-perfect disaster spoof is the template for the absurdist movie parody.
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June 30, 2020

Houston, we have a problem: “Apollo 13” at 25

Ron Howard's gripping historical space thriller teaches us a lot about frustrated expectations in our current moment (and the resolve to overcome them).
Playmobil: The Movie Box OfficeB
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December 9, 2019

Box Office Report: “Playmobil” Has Worst Opening Weekend in Decades

Playmobil's misguided animated feature follows in the footsteps of Delgo, The Oogieloves and other ill-fated kid's flicks.
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May 26, 2019

“The Day After Tomorrow” and Disaster Flicks as Political Polemic

Fifteen years after its release, Roland Emmerich's environmental disaster film is no less corny, but its warnings about climate change ring depressingly more urgent.
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April 11, 2019

The Silence Review: A Big Pile of Shhhh

Comparisons to A Quiet Place are the least of the problems in this cheesy, poorly paced apocalyptic horror film.