Threshold (1981)
Jun 30, 2015World's First Artificial Heart
A case of science prediction where Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum create the world's first artificial heart
Mare Winningham
Miracle Mile (1988)
Jan 8, 2019Impending Nuclear Strike on L.A. Comedy
Quirky offbeat comedy in which Anthony Edwards picks up a ringing phone at a diner and the call warns that a nuclear strike is about to hit L.A. in 50 minutes during which he tries to find his lady love as the city descends into chaos all around from what may have been a prank call
Intruders (1992)
Dec 29, 2022Alien Abductions
One of the earliest works about Alien Abduction, predating the fascination with the topic that came not long after with tv’s The X Files. From genre regular Dan Curtis, the creator of tv's Dark Shadows
Under Pressure (1997)
May 8, 2001Psycho Next-Door Neighbour Snaps
Modestly effective psycho-thriller with Charlie Sheen in his first psycho role as a fireman who snaps under the pressures of everyday life and threatens his neighbour
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Mar 23, 2012Snow White Adaptation
Tarsem Singh makes a Snow White film. Tarsem's sets, costumes and visuals are expectedly exquisite and extravagant but all is unwound by a campy, unserious approach
Geostorm (2017)
Dec 3, 2017Weather Control/Disaster Movie
Directorial debut of Roland Emmerich's regular screenwriter Dean Devlin who has clearly been given orders to make another Emmerich film. Thus we get all the same effects-driven mass destruction spectacle, absurd science and pro-environmental messages