Monday, June 28, 2021

What a disaster: All is fair on the fairground


ROLLERCOASTER

1977
Directed by James Goldstone
Written by Richard Levinson, William Link, Sanford Sheldon, and Tommy Cook

Spoiler alert: somewhere between moderate and high

Friday, June 25, 2021

What a disaster: In the event of a water landing


AIRPORT '77

1977
Directed by Jerry Jameson
Written by H.A.L. Craig, Charles Keunstle, Michael Scheff, and David Spector

Spoiler alert: moderate

Sunday, June 20, 2021

The shadow over Portorosso


LUCA

2021
Directed by Enrico Casarosa
Written by Jesse Andrews, Mike Jones, Simon Stephenson, and Enrico Casarosa

Spoiler alert: moderate

Monday, June 14, 2021

Take that, Guernica


IN THE HEIGHTS

2021
Directed by John M. Chu
Written by Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda (based on their play)

Spoiler alert: moderate

Saturday, June 5, 2021

What a disaster: Lab leak hypothesis


THE CASSANDRA CROSSING

1977
Directed by George Pan Cosmatos
Written by Tom Mankiewicz, Robert Katz, and George Pan Cosmatos

Spoiler alert: moderate

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Listen, honey, being a Ziegfeld girl is swell, but at most it's only a few years out of a lifetime


ZIEGFELD GIRL

1941
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Written by William Anthony McGuire, Marguerite Roberts, Sonya Levien, and Annalee Whitmore

Spoiler alert: it's easier to predict the ending than in the actual Ziegfeld biopic, but I'll keep it to "moderate"