• July 13, 2022
• Moviepie Musings

Based on actual events that happened during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the harrowing book Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital won a Pulitzer Prize...

• March 1, 2022
• Action, At Home, Drama, Thriller

The Burning Sea is a solid disaster flick that seems like it is missing its final act. Not necessarily because of plot and build up, but simply because it...

• February 4, 2022
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Science Fiction

Moonfall is a big, dumb movie, that I enjoyed on a big awesome screen, with a big, stupid grin on my face the whole time. It’s the type of...

• July 15, 2018
• Action, At Home

Johnson stars as Will Sawyer, a former FBI agent and military vet left an amputee after a harrowing hostage-rescue mission goes awry. Now resigned to a comparatively more hum-drum...

• July 12, 2018
• Action, At Home

Skyscraper is one of those movies where bad guys threaten to burn down a 200+ story super-skyscraper just to steal a thumb drive (ever hear of backing up more...

• January 27, 2018
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction

Now I love me a good disaster movie. What I kinda love more than a good disaster movie is a good-BAD disaster movie. Those are the ones with a...

• September 30, 2016
• At Home, Drama, Thriller

I don’t know about you, but I enjoy a good disaster movie. I love to see landmarks explode, tidal waves roar through cities, and the earth swallow cars. Deepwater...

• October 16, 2015
• Action, At Home, Thriller

Now, people who know me well know that I have a soft spot for disaster movies. I want to see that tidal wave destroy a major coastal city! I...

• November 18, 2014
• Action, At Home, Drama

I count myself lucky to live in the Great Northwest, as far as natural disasters go. People from other parts of the country say with wide eyes, “But what...

• October 1, 2014
• Books

I often think the quality of genre specific books can be judged by the universality of their appeal. If a person who isn’t especially well versed or even that...

• August 24, 2014
• At Home, Documentary

Global warming isn’t funny. I’ve known this since elementary school, and have always been conscious about recycling, driving a fuel efficient car, etc. Even so, the trailer for The...

• June 13, 2014
• At Home, Drama

With a poster that suggests disaster and mayhem, Parts Per Billion is actually an intimate drama more concerned with relationships than the outside world. But considering that the whole...