Category: Movies
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Best disaster movies: Earthquake, 1974
Lately, I love to watch disaster movies from the 70s; OK, it’s not just recently. I just love them. From today’s perspective, special effects in them are lousy, but stories are still great! There are several fantastic movies from this decade, and “Earthquake” is one them. I discovered it recently – most of the disaster…
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Best Outbreak movies: The Andromeda Strain (2008)
There are three The Andromeda Strains: the book (1969.), the movie (1971.), and the TV mini-series (2008.). Michael Crichton wrote The Andromeda Strain in 1969., and critics praised it. The movie earned two Oscar nominations (best editing and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration), and the TV mini-series was nominated for six Emmy awards. –some spoilers ahead– I watched only…
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Best nuclear war movies from the 80s
When I was a kid in the eighties, nuclear war was imminent. The cold war was still raging; President Reagan proposed Strategic Defense Initiative, and movies about the possible war were realistic. Some more than others. The Day After was one of them. I still remember how scared I was after we saw it. Even Reagan felt the…