Daylight

Daylight

I just alluded to the 70s being the first golden age of disaster movies in Hollywood. The 90s were the second and most recent. The biggest movie from the genre during that time period was Twister but I didn’t like it when I watched it years ago. To be fair, a VHS copy...
The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

Now we get to the good stuff. The 70s were the first golden age for disaster movies in Hollywood and I’d always wanted to watch the two most famous such films from that era: Earthquake and The Towering Inferno. Earthquake turned out to have been critically panned (in...
San Francisco

San Francisco

This has been a long time coming. I was hoping to have it done prior to the last month’s Emmys where Chernobyl did outstanding. However, as of this writing, the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver did make a couple of references to the titular...
The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

To try and fill out the gap, I worked hard to find SOMETHING from the ‘50s. I found out about this film and, given that the notoriously bad Hercules in New York was supposed to be a parody of the Greek strongman films like this (but was referred to by this video guide...
Ad Astra

Ad Astra

Sorry about another delay. That data sciences certificate program has been kicking my autistic butt. As a result of the time lapsed this movie I about which I was super stoked has practically left theaters but if you don’t get a chance to watch it on the big screen...