A still from the 2009 movie '2012'. Photo Courtesy Columbia Pictures
Armageddon (1998) Along with The Rock, this is the least annoying of the blockbuster director Michael Bay’s movies and the one in which Bruce Willis and his ragtag bunch of deep-core drillers are sent up into space by a rather trusting Nasa to break apa???
Last Night (1998) Not to be confused with the 2010 Keira Knightley film, this absorbing Canadian indie is a total gem worth the hunt it would take to find it. It also features a standout cast playing intersecting characters that have done pretty well for ???
Miracle Mile (1988) What would you do if you knew there were only 70 minutes until the end of the world? That’s Harry’s (Anthony Edwards) dilemma, after he overhears that nuclear war is about to break out. No one else knows about the attack, so is he ???
Seeking A Friend For the End of the World (2012) An asteroid is heading for Earth and everyone has just three weeks before the impact in this comedy drama starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley. They play neighbours who pair up and go on a road trip (h???
Take Shelter (2011) Michael Shannon – best known as the conflicted government agent in Boardwalk Empire – is superb in this drama as a father plagued by apocalyptic dreams. He is determined to build a storm shelter in his garden, but his obsessive act???
The Rapture (1991) Mimi Rogers is superb as an ex-swinger turned born-again Christian who questions her faith when her husband (The X-Files’ David Duchovny) is murdered. Believing the Rapture to be imminent, she heads into the desert with her daughter, ???
The Seventh Sign (1988) The pregnant Abby (Demi Moore, who was really pregnant during filming) has more to worry about than your average mum-to-be – Biblical signs of a forthcoming apocalypse are coming to pass and she thinks they are linked to the birt???
Melancholia (2011) Lars Von Trier’s slow, elegant drama begins at Justine’s (Kristin Dunst) wedding, an extravagant affair paid for by her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her brother-in-law (Kiefer Sutherland), but becomes rather more downbea???