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The movie to end all movies (and the world), 2012, comes out today, and we have to admit that there’s something to the succinct title that makes it rather catchy and epic-sounding. Of course, 2012 is hardly the first such year-titled movie.
It follows a long lineage of such films, including the subcategories of future year [...]

If you watch many disaster movies, you’ll have noticed that big buildings and famous landmarks are often the first thing to go when the meteorite/earthquake/tidal wave/dinosaur/mutant/giant monkey/aliens hit. Aside from always targeting certain cities rather than others, some monuments just cannot catch a break. There’s the Eiffel Tower, for instance, which gets it in Armageddon [...]

Some 113 years ago today, the first modern Olympic games kicked off in Athens. Roughly 250 athletes participated, and the city selection process was, well, not a process so much as an announcement. Every Olympic Games since then, though, bids have become more competitive, presentations fancier and flashier, visual campaigns more elaborate and audacious.
Just witness [...]