Earthquake

8/28/2019

Not a great disaster movie and a far far cry from The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno (a personal favorite of mine) but some decent special and miniature effects even when the performances were always the best. Still passable 1970s-era entertainment.

9/28/2019

This used to be one hell of a town, officer. Earthquake is directed by Mark Robson and written by Mario Puzo and George Fox. It stars Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Ava Gardner, Geneviève Bujold, Lorne Greene, Richard Roundtree & Marjoe Gortner. A catastrophic earthquake hits Southern California and begins to level Los Angeles... "It's not a negative to have heart in the disaster genre of film" Take yourself to 1974, are you there? Good, now maybe you can appreciate this film a little more? Maybe? Earthquake does suffer from old age, it's a statement we see and hear a lot, but it's a fact that some film's stand the test of time whilst others do not. In this desensitised computer age, it is easy to forget that not all the tools available in film making today were available bac

10/10/2026

"Stuart" (Charlton Heston) is in the middle of a love triangle between his girlfriend "Denise" (Geneviève Bujold) and his ex-wife "Remy" (Ava Gardner) who just happens to be the daughter of his boss "Sam" (Lorne Greene) whom she is constantly trying to manipulate so she can have "Stuart" return to the marital fold. Meantime, would-be Evel Knievel "Miles" (Richard Roundtree) is planning a daredevil stunt full of twists, turns and pyrotechnics with his assistant "Sal" (Gabriel Dell) who is the brother of "Rosa" (Victoria Principal - yep, the very same) who is being pursued by the creepy grocer "Jody" (Marjoe Gortner). Luckily for her, her fed up cop pal "Slade" (George Kennedy) has recently lost his temper and whilst he sits in a bar contemplating his future in the force the ground starts to