Whether they end with a whimper or a bang, apocalypses and natural disasters are what Wade and Kevin are interested in this week. They discuss why audiences find onscreen disasters so compelling, then take a look at a film set in the wreckage of one of these disasters: the quiet zombie drama MAGGIE.

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