Absolutely Anything (2015)
Monty Python’s Terry Jones directs and co-scripts this silly special effects-driven comedy, reportedly inspired by an H.G. Wells story (“The Man Who Could Work Miracles”), that delivers on a few decent laughs, but not...
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The World’s End (2013)
Simon Pegg (Star Trek Into Darkness, Mission Impossible 4) stars as Gary King, the hot punker whose peak of popularity came from his high school days, after which his life just could never get on...
The Happening (2008)
If I had thought, even for one second, that writer-director M. Night Shyamalan was making a spoof of end-of-the-world sci-fi thrillers from the 1950s, I might give The Happening much more credit than I’ll be...
Donnie Darko (2001)
The experience of figuring out Donnie Darko is like buying a jigsaw puzzle at a garage sale and trying to put it together realizing that you may not have enough pieces to make a complete...
Deep Impact (1998)
Note to Hollywood: would you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop bombarding us with the same old “Earth is about to be destroyed so please watch two hours of people hugging and crying because they’re all...
Armageddon (1998)
The plot: An asteroid the size of Texas is hurtling towards Earth, which will surely result in the termination of all life on the planet. The high-ups in NASA devise a plan to split...