I love space what-ifs. My favourite documentary was about what would happen if the Earth happened to fall into a black hole. (We get stretched into 20 foot long spaghetti.) But I think I may have met my match in Moonfall, Roland Emmerich’s upcoming disaster movie about the Moon plummeting towards Earth (check out the… Moonfall trailer has set my world alight Read More
Greenland gets a sequel, which is sure to be a sm(ash)
Sadly they’re calling it Greenland: Migration rather than Greenland: Genesis, but I couldn’t be more excited, even though the first film — triumph of the human spirit notwithstanding — is one of the saddest movies I’ve sat through (about five times now!) Also, to all those naysayers questioning how you can do a sequel set in… Greenland gets a sequel, which is sure to be a sm(ash) Read More
The film club is shaken and stirred by The Quake 4.5 stars
Extremely spoilery. This is a disaster film post though, so maybe even if you don’t want spoilers you should read on anyway, assuming everything will be fine, while worrying about tourists staying away. Much of the action in Nordic disaster sequel The Quake takes place in an elegant restaurant on the 34th floor of a… The film club is shaken and stirred by The Quake Read More
The film club watches Norway’s The Wave, but is it yay or no way? 4 stars
Note: film club blog posts are both reviews and accounts of zoom watches, so are extremely spoilery. Don’t read if you’re a fan of chin-scratching ambiguity, that’s what I’m saying. Disaster films take our favourite movie metaphors and make them real, and that’s taken to its glorious (if deadly) extreme in The Wave, where a… The film club watches Norway’s The Wave, but is it yay or no way? Read More
Greenland’s UK date of doom announced! Watch the trailer now
Finally Gerard Butler’s excellent disasteroid / cometastrophe film Greenland has a UK release date. The Amazon Exclusive is out on Prime Video on 5 February – and it’s the perfect pandemic distraction, if like me your first movie watch when Lockdown 1.0 loomed last spring was Contagion. The film follows John Garrity (Butler), his wife… Greenland’s UK date of doom announced! Watch the trailer now Read More
Scorchio! The film club watches Skyfire 3 stars
I’m telling you now that as all my movie club reviews are, this is very spoilery, so chill. If Skyfire was a person it would be a young Tom Cruise: short, exciting, and very, very hot. This was the Good-Bad Film Club’s first watch since before Christmas. Instead I’ve been watching good films about terrible… Scorchio! The film club watches Skyfire Read More
Greenland: how it ends
It’s the end of the world as we know it, but how does everybody feel? This article is about who stepped up (or not) in Greenland and why, and it’s naturally very spoilery up to and including the ending, so if you’re just after my 4-star review it’s here. Greenland is getting a sequel — find… Greenland: how it ends Read More
You’re having a lava! The Good-Bad Film Club watches Dante’s Peak 3 stars
This week on the Good-Bad Film Club we watched Dante’s Peak, which – despite me seeing it in the cinema when it came out 23 years ago – I have always believed to be called Volcano. It turns out there was a Volcano film, which came out shortly after. Similar films often come in pairs:… You’re having a lava! The Good-Bad Film Club watches Dante’s Peak Read More
Disasteroid movie Greenland going straight to PVOD in the US
UPDATE: UK RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED. More here *** Check out these Greenland interviews with Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Scott Glenn and Ric Roman Waugh *** It’s already been moved more times than me weeping over a TikTok about kittens, and finally apocalyptic comet movie Greenland has given up the ghost and will be going straight… Disasteroid movie Greenland going straight to PVOD in the US Read More
Here to take your mind off the apocalypse, Gerard Butler flees an apocalypse in Greenland trailer
UPDATE: UK RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED. More here *** My 4-star review and article are now live. Or check out these Greenland interviews with Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Scott Glenn and Ric Roman Waugh *** Gerard Butler is back to save the world, well his family anyway. And thank god he’s here. If COVID-19 is anything… Here to take your mind off the apocalypse, Gerard Butler flees an apocalypse in Greenland trailer Read More
Gerard Butler In A Film About Weather Is All My British Dreams Come True
Check out my Geostorm review here. Plus my article If Gerard Butler Worked In My Office. I’ve just watched this trailer for GerryStorm, sorry I mean Geostorm, with Gerard Butler, and I just had to share it with you. In the film, satellites control the weather but then they start malfunctioning and Earth Weather is about to go really,… Gerard Butler In A Film About Weather Is All My British Dreams Come True Read More