• May 20, 2014
• Action, At Home, Drama

Cheeseball disaster flicks are a category unto themselves. They are all about spectacle and special effects: Volcanoes go boom! Meteors hit major landmarks! The earth opens up and swallows...

• November 26, 2013
• Books

People who know me well know that I love me a good disaster movie. Sometimes I even love me a BAD disaster movie, like The Day After Tomorrow. I...

• April 29, 2010
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Science Fiction

So of course I had this Def Leppard song in my head through much of Armageddon—partially, I’m sure, to block out the creepiness of the all-Aerosmith, all-the time soundtrack....

• November 12, 2009
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Drama

It will surprise no one to learn that the “plot” of the movie is fairly thin – neutrinos from the sun have been heating up the Earth’s core, and...

• October 29, 2007
• At Home, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Psst. Come on. You can admit it… after all, it was ten years ago. No matter how much you trash-talk the movie today, I’ll bet you saw it in...

• May 28, 2004
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction

Disaster film formula: Heal a broken family by putting them in the middle of a disaster. Estranged father makes up for past of broken promises by saving estranged teenage...

• March 26, 2003
• At Home, Science Fiction

Well. I saw The Core. Why? I have no idea. So you don’t have to? Actually, I shouldn’t say that, because by the end of this review you’ll realize...