Nuclear Apocalypse
On The Beach (1958) – Humanity loses.
The 1950s saw The Cold War take off spectacularly. The two sides kept staring at each other and made worldwide alliances based on ideology. For all its talk of “Democracy”, the US supported unpopular dictatorships with terrible Human Rights records (Guatemala, Paraguay, Argentina, Zaire, etc.). The Socialist Bloc wasn’t far off, often crushing democratic dissent…
Read MoreBy Dawn’s Early Light (1990) – Well-Intentioned Apocalyptic Thriller
At times a film comes along that is timely. At times the film is strangely out of place given the contemporary happenings. By Dawn’s Early Light is both, especially when you consider when it was made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFLtRIwMqxY In 1990, when the TV movie was released, tumultuous events were shaping a new world. …
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