Roland Emmerich‘s 2012

Beyond The Box Set by Harry Chappell & John Lucas

Sep 19, 202189:58TV & Film

The trouble with Roland Emmerich films is that they're all essentially the same movie. In this week's podcast we react to 2012, one of his many identikit end-of-world thrillers featuring much CGI destruction and precious...

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