Stake Land (2010)
June 6, 2026
Jim Mickle's Stake Land uses vampires as backdrop for a melancholy survival drama. Sometimes the vampires are not the point.
Tag: Post-Apocalyptic
Post-apocalyptic stories skip the ending of the world to ask the better question: what do survivors build next? This tag collects reviews of post-apocalyptic film and fiction and the societies they imagine from rubble.
1970sDawn of the Dead (1978)
May 19, 2026
Survivors of the zombie apocalypse take refuge in a suburban shopping mall, in George Romero's social satire sequel. Dario Argento financed the Italian co-production and supervised the European cut that runs approximately fifteen minutes shorter than Romero's preferred American version.
2000sWALL-E (2008)
May 19, 2026
Andrew Stanton's 2008 Pixar masterpiece. Garbage robot finds love on dead Earth.
2010sOblivion (2013)
May 18, 2026
Oblivion is Joseph Kosinski's 2013 American science fiction film and one of the stronger entries in Tom Cruise's late science fiction cycle. The work is more thoughtful than Cruise's late action filmography typically allows.
Post-ApocalypticWar of the Worlds (1953 & 2005)
May 16, 2026
The War of the Worlds material has been adapted as theatrical film twice across more than fifty years: The War of the Worlds (1953) starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, and War of the Worlds (2005) starring Tom Cruise and…
Post-ApocalypticThe War of the Worlds (1953 and 2005)
May 16, 2026
The War of the Worlds has been adapted to film twice as a major studio production. Byron Haskin directed the 1953 version.
2010sSnowpiercer (2013)
May 16, 2026
Bong directed and co-wrote with Kelly Masterson. The film made approximately eighty-six million dollars worldwide on a forty million dollar budget.
1970sWizards (1977) Review
May 15, 2026
Wizards is one of the substantial adult animated productions of the late 1970s and one of the most distinctive Ralph Bakshi feature productions. He had directed Fritz the Cat in 1972, Heavy Traffic in 1973, and Coonskin in 1975 before…
1990sTerminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Review
March 20, 2026
James Cameron's most audacious decision in Terminator 2 isn't the liquid metal effects or the freeway chase or the nuclear dream sequence. It's taking his own iconic villain and making him the film's emotional center.
2000sBattlefield Earth (2000) Review
March 20, 2026
Battlefield Earth is the most comprehensively failed film in science fiction history. This isn't hyperbole or enthusiasm for the negative, it's an honest.
1990sWaterworld (1995) Review
March 20, 2026
Waterworld had one genuine asset going in: a production design concept that was visually striking and physically coherent. A world covered in water would.