Disaster Film

On Fire

By Bobby LePire | September 2023

Peter Facinelli and Nick Lyon co-direct On Fire. Lyon co-wrote the film with Ron Peer, while he and Facinelli served as producers. Given…

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Peter Facinelli and Nick Lyon co-direct On Fire. Lyon co-wrote the film with Ron Peer, while he and Facinelli served as producers. Given that Facinelli's...

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When the term "disaster movie" is bandied about, the country of Norway is perhaps not the first to come to mind. Yet the country has been producing a...

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When I was a kid, Irwin Allen was the king of the disaster film. That crown was passed to Roland Emmerich a long time ago, and his grip is as firm as ever...

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Based on the poster and the opening credits, Meteor appears to tackle a blockbuster end-of-world epic in the vein of a Roland Emmerich extravaganza with...

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Gerard Butler is settling nicely into B-movie territory with recent titles such as Geostorm and Hunter Killer under his belt. Butler's...

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Natural disaster films had a strong theatrical presence for a good long while, with the 1970s being considered the golden age of the genre. Movies like The...

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One of the most intriguing conundrums of the narratives we tell ourselves is the need for realism. If a story isn’t believable, audiences will not invest...