Irwin Allen

[7] A gaggle of Oscar-winners go topsy-turvy and fight to survive when a luxury liner capsizes at sea in the trend-setting disaster flick, The Poseidon Adventure. The film delivers on producer Irwin Allen’s desire to blow shit up (think of him as the proto-Michael Bay), but also manages to give its venerable cast plenty to chew on. The characters are engaging and no one is …

[7] Steve McQueen and Paul Newman help rescue people trapped in a flaming highrise in Irwin Allen’s disaster opus, The Towering Inferno. It is what it is — we all at one time or another want to watch disaster unfold and this movie gives it to you. The script cuts to the action fairly quickly, and builds upon it nicely. Many people say the flames …