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The Towering Inferno (1974)

The Towering Inferno is the best disaster film of the 1970s and the model against which every subsequent disaster film has been measured. John Guillermin directed the dramatic scenes and Irwin Allen directed the action sequences.

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San Andreas (2015)

San Andreas is a Dwayne Johnson disaster movie. Johnson plays Ray Gaines, a Los Angeles Fire Department rescue pilot whose helicopter and skill set turn out to be exactly what is needed when a magnitude nine earthquake destroys California.

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Romeo Must Die (2000) Review

Romeo Must Die is one of the substantial American martial arts productions of the early 2000s and one of Jet Li's substantial Hollywood productions follow. Jet Li had been working substantially in Hong Kong cinema across multiple decades before his…

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The Birds (1963) Review

The Birds is one of Alfred Hitchcock's great achievements and one of the most influential horror productions in American cinema history. The British-born filmmaker had produced substantial work in both British and American cinema across multiple decades.

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50 First Dates (2004) Review

50 First Dates is one of the more substantive Adam Sandler romantic comedies and the second major collaboration between Sandler and Drew Barrymore. The Wedding Singer had established the romantic comedy partnership that 50 First Dates extended.

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Die Hard 2 (1990) Review

Renny Harlin takes McClane to Dulles Airport on Christmas Eve for the twistiest entry in the franchise. The 8 reflects what the rewatch test has confirmed: the film is genuinely twisty, the action sequences land, the Christmas-Eve airport setting works,…

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Hardcore (1979) – Review

Paul Schrader grew up in a strict Calvinist household in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It's a hard film to watch, not because of what it shows, which is less explicit than its reputation suggests, but because of what it understands about…

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