The end is near as Hollywood does the apocalypse

Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 14:44

The end of the world has come to a theater near you, and more apocalyptic visions are due:

"2012": A Roland Emmerich special-effects doomfest, starring John Cusack. It opened Nov. 13.

"The Road": Based on Cormac McCarthy's tale of a father and son on a grim trek in post-apocalypse America, the movie stars Viggo Mortenson. It opens Nov. 25.

"The Book of Eli": Denzel Washington carries and protects the valued text of the title in another movie that travels through a bleak landscape of despair. It opens in January.

(Contact Jennifer Garza at jgarza(at)sacbee.com.)

(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)

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