Category: Movies
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Slash/Back – the alien invasion movie about friendship and Inuit culture
I always loved stories about remote communities, especially if they were in the science fiction genre, like The Thing or Alien. Today, they are the most popular cult movies, but it was not like that with The Thing when it premiered. “Invoking a direct comparison with E.T., Linda Gross of The Los Angeles Times declared,…
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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…