Whether you’re a die-hard disaster movie enthusiast or simply looking for another good popcorn flick, movies like Geostorm should definitely be on your radar. If you love the spellbinding visuals and gripping storylines of natural disaster films — from megatsunamis to environmental collapses— then look no further!
We’ve rounded up some of the all-time best natural disaster flicks for an exciting night in (or out) with friends, family, and Hollywood blockbusters alike. So get ready to settle down and enjoy some of the most entertaining films that feature floods, fires, earthquakes, meteorite impacts, and much more.
About the Film Geostorm (2017)
This film was released in 2017 and was directed and written by Dean Devlin. It stars Gerald Butler, Jim Sturgess and Abbie Corness.
After a series of unusual natural disasters threatened the planet, a network of satellites was designed to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But due to some errors,...
We’ve rounded up some of the all-time best natural disaster flicks for an exciting night in (or out) with friends, family, and Hollywood blockbusters alike. So get ready to settle down and enjoy some of the most entertaining films that feature floods, fires, earthquakes, meteorite impacts, and much more.
About the Film Geostorm (2017)
This film was released in 2017 and was directed and written by Dean Devlin. It stars Gerald Butler, Jim Sturgess and Abbie Corness.
After a series of unusual natural disasters threatened the planet, a network of satellites was designed to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But due to some errors,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Israr Ahmed
- buddytv.com
Exclusive: Netflix and Pulse Films have been served with a legal letter about a breach of copyright on Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator, their documentary on the downfall of hot yoga founder Bikram Choudhury.
Martha Engel, a trademark attorney at law firm Marjen, has written to the companies on behalf of Ghosh’s Yoga College, a yoga school in Kolkata, India, linked to Bishnu Charan Ghosh, a yoga master who trained Choudhury.
Ghosh’s Yoga College argued that images from Ghosh pamphlet Yoga Cure and book Calcutta Yoga were used without permission in Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator. The college has demanded Pulse Films removes the images from the film and issues a public apology.
The legal letter, seen by Deadline, said Ghosh’s Yoga College ambassador Ida Pajunen and two of her colleagues are “the only individuals in the world who have been granted permission by Gyc to use images from the Yoga Cure pamphlet.
Martha Engel, a trademark attorney at law firm Marjen, has written to the companies on behalf of Ghosh’s Yoga College, a yoga school in Kolkata, India, linked to Bishnu Charan Ghosh, a yoga master who trained Choudhury.
Ghosh’s Yoga College argued that images from Ghosh pamphlet Yoga Cure and book Calcutta Yoga were used without permission in Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator. The college has demanded Pulse Films removes the images from the film and issues a public apology.
The legal letter, seen by Deadline, said Ghosh’s Yoga College ambassador Ida Pajunen and two of her colleagues are “the only individuals in the world who have been granted permission by Gyc to use images from the Yoga Cure pamphlet.
- 12/2/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Film review: 'Volcano'
Independence Day will be coming early for 20th Century Fox this year.
Getting the jump on the traditional start of the summer movie season, "Volcano" is a sure-fire winner. A classic disaster picture that refuses to take itself too seriously, the Fox release originally was scheduled to face off opposite the similarly themed "Dante's Peak", but the gamble to hold off should pay off handsomely. Unlike its somber, rather stilted predecessor, this volcano flick's a real blast, serving up solid special effects, crisp writing and full-throttle direction by Mick Jackson ("The Bodyguard").
Lineups should flow like lava around theaters, particularly those on the West Coast.
Just when it seems L.A.'s been through just about every imaginable calamity, along comes volcanic activity beneath the La Brea Tar Pits to humble the city anew. No stranger to disasters natural and otherwise, Office of Emergency Management director Mike Roark Tommy Lee Jones) snaps into action with some expert assistance from seismologist Dr. Amy Barnes (Anne Heche).
But they have to think fast before the molten mass that is quickly carpeting Wilshire Boulevard turns the whole city into cinders.
That's about it as far as plot is concerned, but screenwriters Billy Ray ("Earth 2") and Jerome Armstrong have a lot of fun with the milieu.
By setting their volcano story in the middle of a highly recognizable, sprawling metropolis, the writers have created a surreal sense of immediacy. Jackson, who previously poked fun at the terrain as director of Steve Martin's "L.A. Story", gleefully sends every pop culture icon up in a blaze of glory -- from the Beverly Center to Angelyne.
While there are some bumpy passages along the way and the ending sequence is rather abrupt, the filmmaking team has come up with some colorful characterizations and situations to keep audience attention in check.
Jones plays his part with vein-bulging conviction, while Heche makes an engaging ally. The rest of the cast, including Don Cheadle as Roark's second-in-command, young Gaby Hoffmann as Roark's daughter and Keith David as a helpful police officer all do fine work while knowing that the pyrotechnics are the real star of this show.
With the exception of some hokey-looking computer-generated lava, the special effects don't disappoint.
Re-creating a quarter-mile chunk of recognizable Los Angeles real estate at a McDonnell Douglas Aircraft plant parking lot, production designer Jackson DeGovia ("Speed", "Die Hard") convincingly knows his way around architecture.
Making his contribution to what already has to be one of the loudest movies in recent memory, composer Alan Silvestri has furnished a brassy, take-no-prisoners score that is entirely fitting for what is essentially a good old-fashioned monster movie in high-tech clothing. Lava lamps will never be looked at the same way again.
VOLCANO
Twentieth Century Fox
A Shuler Donner/Donner
and Moritz original production
A Mick Jackson film
Director Mick Jackson
Screenwriters Jerome Armstrong
and Billy Ray
Story Jerome Armstrong
Producers Neal H. Moritz, Andrew Z. Davis
Executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner
Director of photography Theo van de Sande
Production designer Jackson DeGovia
Editors Michael Tronick, Don Brochu
Costume designer Kirsten Everberg
Music Alan Silvestri
Color/stereo
Cast:
Mike Roark Tommy Lee Jones
Dr. Amy Barnes Anne Heche
Kelly Roark Gaby Hoffmann
Emmitt Reese Don Cheadle
Dr. Jaye Calder Jacqueline Kim
Lt. Ed Fox Keith David
Running time -- 105 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Getting the jump on the traditional start of the summer movie season, "Volcano" is a sure-fire winner. A classic disaster picture that refuses to take itself too seriously, the Fox release originally was scheduled to face off opposite the similarly themed "Dante's Peak", but the gamble to hold off should pay off handsomely. Unlike its somber, rather stilted predecessor, this volcano flick's a real blast, serving up solid special effects, crisp writing and full-throttle direction by Mick Jackson ("The Bodyguard").
Lineups should flow like lava around theaters, particularly those on the West Coast.
Just when it seems L.A.'s been through just about every imaginable calamity, along comes volcanic activity beneath the La Brea Tar Pits to humble the city anew. No stranger to disasters natural and otherwise, Office of Emergency Management director Mike Roark Tommy Lee Jones) snaps into action with some expert assistance from seismologist Dr. Amy Barnes (Anne Heche).
But they have to think fast before the molten mass that is quickly carpeting Wilshire Boulevard turns the whole city into cinders.
That's about it as far as plot is concerned, but screenwriters Billy Ray ("Earth 2") and Jerome Armstrong have a lot of fun with the milieu.
By setting their volcano story in the middle of a highly recognizable, sprawling metropolis, the writers have created a surreal sense of immediacy. Jackson, who previously poked fun at the terrain as director of Steve Martin's "L.A. Story", gleefully sends every pop culture icon up in a blaze of glory -- from the Beverly Center to Angelyne.
While there are some bumpy passages along the way and the ending sequence is rather abrupt, the filmmaking team has come up with some colorful characterizations and situations to keep audience attention in check.
Jones plays his part with vein-bulging conviction, while Heche makes an engaging ally. The rest of the cast, including Don Cheadle as Roark's second-in-command, young Gaby Hoffmann as Roark's daughter and Keith David as a helpful police officer all do fine work while knowing that the pyrotechnics are the real star of this show.
With the exception of some hokey-looking computer-generated lava, the special effects don't disappoint.
Re-creating a quarter-mile chunk of recognizable Los Angeles real estate at a McDonnell Douglas Aircraft plant parking lot, production designer Jackson DeGovia ("Speed", "Die Hard") convincingly knows his way around architecture.
Making his contribution to what already has to be one of the loudest movies in recent memory, composer Alan Silvestri has furnished a brassy, take-no-prisoners score that is entirely fitting for what is essentially a good old-fashioned monster movie in high-tech clothing. Lava lamps will never be looked at the same way again.
VOLCANO
Twentieth Century Fox
A Shuler Donner/Donner
and Moritz original production
A Mick Jackson film
Director Mick Jackson
Screenwriters Jerome Armstrong
and Billy Ray
Story Jerome Armstrong
Producers Neal H. Moritz, Andrew Z. Davis
Executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner
Director of photography Theo van de Sande
Production designer Jackson DeGovia
Editors Michael Tronick, Don Brochu
Costume designer Kirsten Everberg
Music Alan Silvestri
Color/stereo
Cast:
Mike Roark Tommy Lee Jones
Dr. Amy Barnes Anne Heche
Kelly Roark Gaby Hoffmann
Emmitt Reese Don Cheadle
Dr. Jaye Calder Jacqueline Kim
Lt. Ed Fox Keith David
Running time -- 105 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 4/21/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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