Every movie about nuclear war is intense in some way, but certain ones, like A House of Dynamite and When the Wind Blows, go ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The arrival of director Kathryn Bigelow’s highly anticipated nuclear war thriller “A House of Dynamite” (in theaters and on ...

Cold War movies like The Manchurian Candidate and The Lives of Others are, sadly, more relevant than ever in today's highly volatile, uncertain world.

From medieval skirmishes to trench warfare to modern missiles, these war films showcase both the atrocities and humanity of ...

Denis Villeneuve is working on an adaptation of Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario, and nuclear expert Dr. Emma Belcher says, if done right, it will be the ultimate warning against its titular ...

In Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, A House of Dynamite, the clock is ticking. The film’s fictional president of the United States has less than 20 minutes and very little information to decide whether or ...

Generation-defining nuclear-war movies seem to come in pairs. Stanley Kubrick’s bleak satire “Dr. Strangelove” arrived in 1964, the same year as Sidney Lumet’s even bleaker Cold War drama “Fail Safe.” ...

One of the climactic moments in A House of Dynamite is a friendly reminder. Captain Olivia Walker (played by Rebecca Ferguson) is in the White House Situation Room where, moments earlier, her team ...

Imagine a nuclear warhead is hurtling straight toward us, with only 18 minutes to respond before a major city is obliterated. The movie was conceived by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, who has ...

The ticking-clock threat of an imminent missile strike makes for propulsive viewing. It’s long been a go-to setup in Hollywood, from “Dr. Strangelove” on. By Alissa Wilkinson Certain premises make for ...