Archive for the 'Disaster Films' Category
This was one *dynamite* airplane ride! Starring: Burt Lancaster, Maureen Stapleton, George Kennedy, Van Heflin, Jacqueline Bisset
We now know why this movie was called “Airport” instead of “Airplane.” It takes 2/3 of the movie before anyone even boards the plane! The first 2/3 of the movie are devoted to building up a [...]
Starring: Sandra Bullock
I didn’t actually see Speed I, but if it was anything like Speed II, then maybe I’ll fish $2.50 out of my piggy bank to rent it. Speed II has everything- a big boat in peril (watch out, Titanic!), explosions, people exclaiming “Oh shit!” for comic effect, an evil demented [...]
Starring: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen
The Tower is the largest, most impressive apartment building ever built. It has a glass elevator, a fantastic ballroom, and offices decorated in shocking yellow with burnt orange computer terminals. Soon after it’s finished, however, the electrical system explodes, leaving hundred of drunken leisure-suited partygoers stranded in this [...]
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones
This is by far one of the greatest bad movies ever made. I borrow thumbs from 5 of my closest friends to demonstrate how many thumbs up this movie gets for cheesy badness. It contains such memorable lines as “This lava must have a source!” We see black hooligans [...]