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Hard Rain

A Wetstern Christian Slater and Ed Asner are driving the Wells Fargo wagon on a routine run, when they’re bushwacked by Morgan Freeman and his gang of outlaws. Slater manages to get away with the loot long enough to hide … Continue reading

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Dante’s Peak

A True Lava Story About a year ago, I met a vulcanologist who had been assigned the task of reading the scripts for the two competing big screen volcano movies being released this year. He described Dante’s Peak as being … Continue reading

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Mars Attacks!

Playing with a Full Deck? In 1964, two films were released with essentially the same plot: the United States accidentally sends the order to use atomic weapons against the Soviet Union and is unable to correct the mistake. While Sidney … Continue reading

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Chain Reaction

A Big Bomb Chicago residents who were disappointed that our city was destroyed off-screen in Independence Day can find some consolation in this new Andrew Davis thriller, in which a big chunk of the south side is flattened by an … Continue reading

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