{"id":36049,"date":"2015-05-29T00:06:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T04:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=36049"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:12:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:12:03","slug":"new-releases-may-29-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/29\/new-releases-may-29-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: May 29, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"san<\/a>1. San Andreas (Warner Brothers, 3,777 Theaters, 114 Minutes, Rated PG-13 for intense disaster action and mayhem throughout, and brief strong language, Rotten Tomatoes: 50% Fresh<\/a> [98 Reviews]):\u00a0<\/strong> Once upon a time, disaster movies were all the rage. If you went to the movies in the 1970s, odds are the theater was showing an film about an airplane in danger of crashing (the Airport <\/strong>series), a cruise ship capsizing (The Poseidon Adventure <\/strong>series), a building on fire (The Towering Inferno<\/strong>) or even, yes, an earthquake (Earthquake<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

These films ruled the cultural landscape for almost a decade. Earthquake <\/strong>inspired an amusement park attraction at Universal Studios. The Airplane! <\/strong>films were a parody of the genre. The films starred the biggest stars of the day and made a bunch of money at the box office.<\/p>\n

So, if there was ever a genre that could benefit from a reboot in the CGI era, it’s the disaster film. There have been a few attempts to restart the concept over the years (1997’s Volcano <\/strong>and Dante’s Peak<\/strong>, 1998’s Deep Impact <\/strong>and Armageddon <\/strong>, 2004’s The Day After Tomorrow<\/strong>, 2009’s 2012<\/strong>), but maybe this time the concept will come back to stay.<\/p>\n