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Aug 1, 2024 · Serving up another uproarious doomsday comedy, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite with director Edgar Wright for an epic pub crawl turned apocalyptic adventure. Combining hilarity, heart, and unexpected twists, The World's End showcases the best aspects of their trademark humor in an unforgettable tale of friendship and extraterrestrial threats.
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Apr 1, 2020 · La Jetée (1963) It's about (avoiding) the apocalypse, yes, but it's also about a whole lot more. Chris Marker's classic La Jetée is composed mainly of still images and voiceover—a combination ...
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Mar 7, 2014 · March 7, 2014. Christopher Jobson. Somewhere on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, nestled at the foot of a desert mountain range, sits a peculiar sight that is almost completely out of place: hundreds of seats for an outdoor movie theater. Estonian photographer Kaupo Kikkas recently visited the desolate location and brought back ...
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- Dead Man’S Letters
The two World Wars and the atomic bomb testing intensified the fear of mass extinction. Alongside these fears, America was also afraid of communist ideological invasion. The Cold War was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. And the movies from the time reflected the socio-political climate through sci-fi and horror narratives. Don Siegel’s Invasion ...
Now can you possibly make a hilarious satire out of war? Director Stanley Kubrick and actor Peter Sellers did it and masterly so. Inspired by Peter George’s 1958 novel Red Alert, Dr. Strangelove’sbizarre premise opens with US Air Force Brigadier’s insane action. General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) seals off the Air Force base and deploys his B...
Franklin J Schaffner’s sci-fi fantasy is loosely based on French novelist Pierre Boulle’s novel of the same name. It follows a group of space voyagers who’ve spent a year in deep hibernation while their spaceship travels at near-light speed. Unfortunately, due to a malfunction, the astronauts crash land on an unknown planet that supports life. Due ...
George A. Romero is widely recognized as the father of the modern zombie subgenre in film. The concept of zombies originally comes from Haitian folklore, which symbolizes slavery and the suffering of black people. However, earlier Hollywood films that portrayed zombies were often filled with racist undertones. Romero broke free from this strict rac...
The Last Wavewas made by Australian filmmaker Peter Weir who later made iconic Hollywood movies Dead Poets Societyand Truman Show. This strange and intense apocalypse doesn’t rely on set pieces or special effects to convey the impending sense of doom. Weir employs haunting imagery and draws from indigenous spiritual tales to create suspense. The fi...
Romero’s zombie apocalyptic movies were especially known for their social commentary. While Night of the Living Dead offered a critique of race relations in 1960s America, Dawn of the Deadzeroes in on the mindless consumerist culture. The film opens with a news broadcast of human civilization crumbling worldwide. A group of disparate individuals se...
George Miller’s Mad Maxis one of the most wildly imaginative movie franchises ever made. It started as a small-budget Aussie exploitation thriller. The first film, made in 1979, followed the titular character journeying through the wastelands of a post-apocalyptic world to seek vengeance for the loss of his family. Max Rockatansky(played by Mel Gib...
Nuclear war was strongly feared in the early 1980s. Peter Watkins’ faux documentary War Game(1966) showed how terrible a nuclear attack could be. While movies like Fail-Safe(1964) and Dr. Strangelove(1964) showed the tense political situation of the time, 80s movies vividly imagined what might happen post a nuclear war. Lynne Littman’s Testamenttel...
Several realistic movies have depicted the effects of a nuclear holocaust. But nothing comes close to Mick Jackson’s deeply unsettling Threads. Of course, the made-for-TV docudrama was heavily influenced by Watkins’ faux documentary The War Game. At the same time, Barry Hines’ complex script offers both macro and micro perspectives on the aftermath...
Russian filmmaker Konstantin Lopushansky’s highly ambitious nuclear holocaust drama is a profound exploration of the human condition in a world filled with despair. What’s most striking about Dead Man’s Lettersis the enchanting visualization of sepia-toned ugliness in the post-nuclear war human society. The story revolves around an elderly professo...
Jan 10, 2017 · At the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, the abandoned movie theater, dubbed the “End of the World Cinema,” is a silent and bizarre view. It was built by Frenchman Diynn Eadel in ...
Apr 7, 2020 · Here are the 10 best “end of the world” movies on Netflix: 1. The Matrix Year: 1999. Directors: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski. Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Mos, Joe ...
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Mar 17, 2020 · 12 Monkeys (1996) A deadly virus wipes out the world, causing a few survivors to go underground. Bruce Willis is tasked with traveling back in time to find the source of the epidemic in the hopes ...
