The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno takes place in the tallest skyscraper ever built, whose exclusive opening party is gatecrashed by a massive fire. Every new perceived threat seems to generate a spate of disaster movies, warning […]
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The Core
When electromagnetic disturbances in Earth’s atmosphere start causing problems, the cause is traced to an anomaly in the planet’s core. Fortunately the technology required to tunnel to the core and […]
The War of the Worlds (1953)
This classic film is a classic adaptation of the classic novel by H.G. Wells. When mysterious meteors crash land on earth, aliens emerge in seemingly invincible spacecraft and wage war […]
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
I’ve never seen a Planet of the Apes movie before, put off by the dodgy rubber masks and by having watched five minutes of the Tim Burton one. Yet Andy […]
King Kong (1976)
The 1970s was the golden age for disaster movies, and with the recent success of The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure, King Kong looked ripe for a remake. Unfortunately […]
On iPlayer: King Kong (1933)
Taking a giant monkey to New York is up there with showering at a remote motel and visiting a Transylvanian castle on the list of things which established movie wisdom tells us […]
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