Josh Olson on “The Day The Earth Caught Fire”
Apr 23, 2009
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Global warming in 1961! Is it a newspaper picture, or a disaster picture, or a political picture, or...well, it's all of these and more. Former journalists Val Guest and Wolf Mankowitz bring a bracingly realistic slant to their persuasive end-of-the-world scenario through the use of real Fleet Street newspapermen, including non-actor Arthur Christiansen, editor of The Daily Express. Tossed off as an exploitation picture in the US, it's one of the great unsung science fiction pictures, and a must-see.
Kirdog on At the Earth's Core
02/08/2012
Inside mother earth; Caroline Monroe and Godzilla's country cousins. Who knew? Always thought LAND THAT TIME FORGOT managed to look way classier than it's budgetary constraints (no mean feat...
Kirdog on Valley of the Dragons
02/08/2012
The one original touch: a caveman monster with veins that go ACROSS his nostrils (look fast and you can see him in the trailer). Umm, other than that...
Dan Gale on At the Earth's Core
02/08/2012
I have a great fondness for this daft film. I remember running around my grandad's garden with a hankerchief I found tied around my hand because I saw Doug McClure do it in either this or another Conner film promting my grandad to ask of I'd hurt myself...
huston on Valley of the Dragons
02/08/2012
"Phoned it in so intensely, you can almost hear the dial tones" That line is better than anything in this film..
Lauren Cuff on Bad Timing
02/08/2012
I agree with Bernard that the distributor's desire to remove their logo from film is a good indicator that the director has made something worth seeing. Maybe that fact should've been included in the trailer- perfect anti-Valentine's Day flick
galaxiefilm on At the Earth's Core
02/07/2012
Agreed, Brian. I always appreciate the background you provide and, yes, Mr Connor did the best he could with what he was given...
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