Disaster Flicks
Ever have one of those days? Well chances are it never got as bad as it did for these people. Dodging meteors, tornados, floods, earthquakes, molten lava, deadly viruses and killer bees. Peaking in the 70s with the Irwin Allen school of filmmaking ("The Poseidon Adventure", "The Towering Inferno", "The Swarm", "When Time Ran Out...", "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure"), the disaster movie still rears its head from time to time and made something of a strong comeback in the mid-90s ("Dante's Peak", "Volcano", "Daylight", "Twister", "Armageddon", "Deep Impact" and so on). Head for the hills...
Hope and Wire (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Gaylene Preston
Starring: Bernard Hill, Joel Tobeck, Stephen Lovatt, Miriama McDowell, Rachel House, Chels...
"Hope and Wire", a television drama inspired by true events, first-hand accounts and employing actual newsreel footage, is set in the aftermath of the... Read more
Into Thin Air: Death On Everest (1997)
5.7/10
Director: Robert Markowitz
Starring: Peter Horton, Nat Parker, Richard Jenkins
In May 1996, Writer John Krakauer joined a party of experienced and amateur climbers - led by Everest veterans, American Scott Fisher and New Zealande... Read more
Juggernaut (1974)
6.6/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Clifton James, David Hemmings, Ian Holm, Omar Sharif, Richard H...
The high seas have never been more terrifying than in this 'fascinating, hair-raising and nerve-tingling' adventure. Richard Harris and Omar Sharif he... Read more
Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
6.1/10
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Starring: B D Wong, Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Justice Smith, Sam Ne...
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a geneti... Read more
Jurassic World: Dominion (4K Ultra HD) (2022)
5.7/10
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Starring: B D Wong, Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Justice Smith, Sam Ne...
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a geneti... Read more
Jurassic World: Dominion (Blu-ray) (2022)
5.7/10
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Starring: B D Wong, Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Justice Smith, Sam Ne...
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a geneti... Read more
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
6.4/10
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Starring: B D Wong, Geraldine Chaplin, James Cromwell, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Jason, Ted Lev...
Three years after the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the rema... Read more
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.4/10
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Starring: B D Wong, Geraldine Chaplin, James Cromwell, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Jason, Ted Lev...
Three years after the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the rema... Read more
Krakatoa - East Of Java (1969)
5.5/10
Director: Bernard L Kowalski
Starring: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle
In the year 1882, a disparate group of treasure seekers races against time to locate a sunken ship loaded with pearls off the Indonesian coast before... Read more
Life of Pi (2012)
7.9/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Rafe Spall, Tabu , Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma, Adil Hussain
Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, director Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' is a visually stunning adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the prec... Read more