San Andreas

Weekend Box Office Report: ‘San Andreas’ Shakes Everything Up
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘San Andreas’ Shakes Everything Up
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘San Andreas’ Shakes Everything Up
In news that should surprise absolutely no one, the massive disaster movie starring Dwayne Johnson stomped all over the box office this weekend, effortlessly topping the top 10. San Andreas may not have matched flashier, more high concept “CGI buildings fall down” adventures like The Day After Tomorrow and 2012, but it has proven that audiences will still flock to mass destruction like no one’s bu
‘San Andreas’ Review: Seek Cover From This Dumb Disaster Movie
‘San Andreas’ Review: Seek Cover From This Dumb Disaster Movie
‘San Andreas’ Review: Seek Cover From This Dumb Disaster Movie
The classics of this genre featured danger and destruction on a scale a guy could wrap his head around; a hijacked airplane, a skyscraper on fire, a capsized ocean liner filling with water. But when you live by spectacle, you die by it too. And so the disasters got bigger and bigger, one movie trying to top the next, until it became an arms race of planetary devastation. One movie blows up the White House, the next one washes it away in a tidal wave. Where do you go from there? An exploding tidal wave? At this point, if your disaster movie isn’t eradicating a large portion of the globe, don’t even waste your time.
‘San Andreas’ Trailer: The Rock Is Rocking in This Earthquake Movie
‘San Andreas’ Trailer: The Rock Is Rocking in This Earthquake Movie
‘San Andreas’ Trailer: The Rock Is Rocking in This Earthquake Movie
It’s been a while since we had a really good disaster movie. Roland Emmerich was the last guy to really push the genre forward, but after freezing and then destroying the entire planet (in The Day After Tomorrow and 2012, respectively) there’s not really a lot of ground left to cover (and demolish). Next summer’s San Andreas will attempt to revive the disaster movie by juicing up an old favorite: the earthquake. This version, directed by Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’s Brad Peyton, features a tremor so huge it encompasses all of California from Los Angeles to San Francisco. It’s so big, Paul Giamatti gravely intones, it can even be felt on the East Coast. That’s a big quake.
‘San Andreas’ Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Is Ready to Rumble (In a Really Big Earthquake)
‘San Andreas’ Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Is Ready to Rumble (In a Really Big Earthquake)
‘San Andreas’ Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Is Ready to Rumble (In a Really Big Earthquake)
This is a weird instance of art imitating life imitating art. Universal Studios Orlando’s famous old ‘Earthquake’ ride was recently updated and replaced with a similar attraction called ‘Disaster!’ where guests get to experience movie special effects, and become extras in the “ultimate” disaster movie called ‘Mutha Nature,’ which stars none other than Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Next summer, Johnson will be seen in ‘San Andreas,’ which is basically ‘Mutha Nature’ brought to life.