Tag: tsunami
Review: THE WAVE, A Sweeping Piece Of Entertainment
Since first appearing on the scene with Cold Prey in 2006, Norwegian director Roar Uthaug - not pronounced how it looks to English speakers but an awesome name, nonetheless - has earned himself quite a reputation, thanks to his ability...
Toronto 2015 Review: THE WAVE Delivers Large Scale Spectacle
Since first appearing on the scene with Cold Prey in 2006, Norwegian director Roar Uthaug - not pronounced how it looks to English speakers but an awesome name, nonetheless - has earned himself quite a reputation, thanks to his ability...
Disaster Strikes In Teaser For Roar Uthaug's THE WAVE
If the idea of a tsunami causing destruction in a Norwegian fjord seems outlandish to you ... well, it's happened before. It was in 1934 that a massive wave spread destruction along the Tafjord after a massive landslide triggered a...
Review: THE IMPOSSIBLE is Too Soggy and Too Staged to Warrant Consequence
"Just close your eyes and think of something nice" is a refrain repeated several times during J.A. Bayona's Tsunami disaster film that sees Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts - and their three children - attempt to re-unite after a tidal wave...
Roar Uthaug Brings Disaster To The Fjords With BOLGEN (THE WAVE)
A tsunami in a fjord? It happened for real in 1934 when a massive landslide dropped two million cubic meters of rock into the Tafjorden in Norway, triggering a wave over two hundred feet high at its peak which left...