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DARK SECRETS: 3 | Vintage Vibes

25 Years Ago, A Massive Sci-Fi Flop Missed a Big Opportunity

And just like that... New York City was under attack.

Inverse · May 20, 2023

You Need to Watch the Most Underrated '90s Sci-Fi Before it Leaves HBO Max This Week

Roland Emmerich's breakthrough movie might also secretly be his best.

Inverse · Apr 25, 2023

15 Years Ago, a Cult Sci-Fi Franchise Made the Best Direct-to-Video Movie Ever

Sometimes a love of the source material can overcome a small budget.

Inverse · Mar 11, 2023

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The Deluge by Stephen Markley review – apocalypse in slow motion

This bleak vision of ecological and technological turmoil in the coming decades is mesmerising and compassionate

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023

Titanic at 25: how James Cameron captured 1990s anxieties with pure golden-age Hollywood style

Titanic (1997) arrived as disaster films were experiencing a comeback. Compared to the apocalypses visited on the world in Michael Bay’s Armageddon (1997) or Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996), sinking a single ship may seem like small fry.

The Conversation · Dec 21, 2022

You need to watch the most prophetic disaster thriller before it leaves HBO Max next week

“What I do know, is that if we do not act soon, it is our children and our grandchildren who will have to pay the price.”

Inverse · Nov 21, 2022

5 years ago, the silliest disaster movie ever set an unintended precedent

'Geostorm' positioned itself as a serious disaster film centered on climate change — but it didn't quite manage to burst through.

Inverse · Oct 20, 2022

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You need to watch the most underrated sci-fi disaster movie of the century on HBO Max ASAP

Released in early 2022 to a lackluster box office and even worse reviews, 'Moonfall' is finally streaming on HBO Max.

Inverse · Sep 9, 2022

20 years ago, Jean-Claude Van Damme made the most machismo sci-fi movie ever

Mediocre but mesmerizing, 'Universal Soldier' offers insight into the spectacle monger that Roland Emmerich would become.

Inverse · Jul 10, 2022

You need to watch the most bombastic sci-fi monster movie on Netflix before it leaves next week

A fascinatingly misguided insight into how the summer blockbuster can go horribly awry.

Inverse · Jun 20, 2022

Earth Day 2022: The ‘revenge of nature’ in fiction, from Day of the Triffids to Godzilla and Swamp Thing

Mother Earth punishing humanity for the evils of pollution and deforestation was a potent nightmare for novelists and filmmakers long before global warming was well understood

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2022

New on DVD: 'Moonfall' an earth-shattering disaster flick from Roland Emmerich

The newest popcorn disaster film from the genre's foremost director tops the DVD releases for the week of April 26.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022

The 30 best sci-fi movies of all time

From Akira to Interstellar, these are the best sci-fi movies to watch right now

Total Film · Apr 1, 2022

Moonfall review – lost in space with master of disaster Roland Emmerich

The moon is knocked out of orbit, along with Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson, in this eye-poppingly silly sci-fi from the German director

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2022

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Chicago Tribune · Feb 4, 2022

‘Moonfall’ review: The moon is about to kill us. Halle Berry can’t rescue this Roland Emmerich disaster

Jazz great Slim Gaillard’s interpretation of “How High the Moon” includes this existential pearl: “Everybody’s wondering how high the moon/ The moon never wonder how low you are.”

Reason · Feb 4, 2022

Review: Moonfall

In space, no one can hear you blowing money.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 4, 2022

'Moonfall' and the Art of the Disaster Film Cliche

Director Roland Emmerich knows a thing or two about the ingredients needed for a good disaster flick, having given the world "Independence Day", "2012" and "The Day After Tomorrow". He is back in cinemas next week with "Moonfall" starring Halle Berry, in which the moon starts to act rather strangely.…

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022

Review: 'Moonfall' is a brain-twisting, popcorny mega-blast

Some people might look up at the moon and admire its glowing and desolate beauty

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Los Angeles Times · Feb 3, 2022

Review: 'Moonfall' is stupid. That's mostly a good thing

Although it's arriving in theaters a few days late for Lunar New Year, "Moonfall," Roland Emmerich's latest tee-hee disaster flick, feels curiously well timed. Over the past few decades this director's love for apocalyptic bombast ("Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow," "2012") has been a reliable source of headaches, exasperation…

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2022

'Moonfall' review: A movie so bad it ruins the moon

There are no signs of intelligent life in "Moonfall," a preposterous disaster movie that casts the moon — as in the actual moon in the sky, the one man landed on in 1969 — in the role of the villain.

Inverse · Feb 3, 2022

'Moonfall' review: Roland Emmerich’s greatest hits collide in a thrilling blast

'Armageddon,' 'Contact,' and 'Independence Day' collide for an out-of-this-world movie from director Roland Emmerich. 'Moonfall,' starring Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson, opens theaters this week.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022

Moonfall review: A profoundly ridiculous disaster film

You either surrender to the surface pleasures of Roland Emmerich’s grand bombast or simply steer clear

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022

Moonfall review – Roland Emmerich’s bad moon rising… and I mean really bad

Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson are astronauts trying to save Earth from the falling moon in this gibberish big-budget folly

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022

Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall premiere party turned disaster into opportunity

The Independence Day director is known for bombast, but scaling back his new film’s celebrations because of Omicron and holding the party in his back yard was low-key impressive

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