Dr Josh Keyes has made the alarming discovery that the earths inner core has stopped rotating, this is very bad news for humanity, but then it was bound to be…'cause this is a ‘disaster movie'. The Core is a special effects rich journey to the centre of the earth, not enough action for some and not enough sense for others, it's undemandingly entertaining nonetheless. find out more...

Global warming causes a massive and sudden ice age to descend on the Northern hemisphere, particularly large cities in North America, in this case New York. This is the sort of scenario that would have most of the developed world cowering in horror, while everyone south of the equator holds impromptu street parties. But rest assured my nervous friends this is a disaster movie with the accent firmly on entertainment and, damn, the special effects are a mind melter. There is a story of sorts about find out more...

Based on a true story we follow the desperate fight for survival by a small fishing vessel the Andrea Gail caught in a freak weather system which is the amalgamation of three gargantuan storms. Despite the starry cast this is a film that rests on its superlative special effects, sadly that's pretty much all it rests on. find out more...

In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.

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Tora! Tora! Tora! Is the Japanese signal to attack - and this movie meticulously recreates the attack on Pearl Harbor and the events leading up to it. Opening scenes contrast the American and Japanese positions. Japanese imperialists decide to stage the attack and top US brass ignore its possibility. Intercepted Japanese messages warn of it - but never reach FDR's desk....or did they? A lavish dramatisation of events that brought the wrath of USA steaming into the Second World War. find out more...