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 ...

It replays the same lone-nuclear-missile-launched-at-the-U.S. scenario three times, with a lot of huffing and puffing but diminishing returns. There’s an aesthetic paradox built into the opening half ...