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"facebook dialogPinterestImage courtesy of Mandate Pictures; Media Rights Capital; Skydance Productions; Overbrook Entertainment.\n\nSay goodbye to the world, and hello to this summer's post-apocalyptic film frenzy.\n\nThere's a major theme emerging in movies slated for release over the next few months, and it's not that they're all loaded with special effects\u2014which they are\u2014but rather that they indulge our human obsession with Armageddon. Yes, this is the summer of apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, and dystopian films. Why now? We believe that imaginary catastrophes and doomsday scenarios help our overstimulated minds escape from reality\u2014it's moviegoing as two-hour flight from economic, political and social unrest. Put another way: \"If Katniss can win the Hunger Games, then I can pay my taxes.\" Survival, we learn, is possible under any circumstance\u2026even if you are James Franco, Jonah Hill, and Seth Rogan in a Hollywood mansion.\n\nBelow, a guide to the hell that this summer hath wrought.\n\n __\n\nAfter Earth (out now)\n\n__ Father and son crash-land on Earth years after humankind has been wiped out, and they must navigate themselves through the evolving animal life, aliens, and\u2014of course\u2014their forced father-son relationship.\n\nStars: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Zo\u00EB Isabella Kravitz, Sophie Okonedo\n\n Recommended for: Troubled teens. Imagine no one else on Earth but you, plants, animals\u2014and your forever unimpressed father.\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u2022 \u2022\n\n  __\n\nThis Is the End (June 2013)\n\n__ The Earth cracks outside a large Hollywood party\u2014signifying the apocalypse from the Book of Revelation\u2014and six celebrity friends band together in James Franco's mansion.\n\nStars: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera, Emma Watson\n\n Recommended for: Neo-survivalists. The fridge may be almost empty, but that shouldn't stop you from making food for the rest of the week.\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u2022 \u2022\n\n  __\n\nWorld War Z (June 2013)\n\n__ The zombie pandemic is collapsing our world, and we sent in U.N. representative Brad Pitt to find a cure\u2014and to cute the bad guys to death.\n\nStars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, David Morse\n\n Recommended for: Fix-it types. If one guy can save the world, then you can definitely troubleshoot the internet connection in your apartment.\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u2022 \u2022\n\n  __\n\nPacific Rim (July 2013)\n\n__Ocean monsters are invading, and we must defend ourselves with giant robots.\n\nStars: Charlie Day, Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman\n\n Recommended for: Technophiles. Those who clean their homes with robot vacuums, and make most of their online purchases from ThinkGeek.com, are doomed to\u2026pilot robots against vicious sea creatures!\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u2022 \u2022\n\n  __\n\nThe World's End (August 2013)\n\n__Five childhood friends meet for a 20th-anniversary epic pub-crawl during an alien invasion and find themselves taking on more than just chugging beer. Prediction: At some point in the film, someone will utter the words, \"We're going to get totally destroyed tonight!\"\n\nStars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman\n\n Recommended for: Nostalgic drunks. There's nothing better than meeting up with the guys, having a few beers, and reminiscing about all the time you spent in that exact same spot.\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u2022 \u2022\n\n  __\n\nElysium (August 2013)\n\n__ In the future, as people die on Earth, the wealthy buy their own fancy planet and take the entire healthcare system with them. And humankind is still completely fucked. Foreshadowing?\n\nStars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Diego Luna, Sharlto Copley, Faran Tahir\n\n Recommended for: Activists. Fans of New Age-y podcasts and Bill Maher monologues unite!\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u2022 \u2022\n\n  __\n\nCatching Fire (November 2013)\n\n__ After winning the 74th annual Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta (our favorite dystopian heroes) must tour all the districts during an undertow of rebellion. Expect more bloody competition.\n\nStars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman\n\n Recommended for: Rebels without causes. For people who have \"made it\" but still feel a need to stick it to the man\u2014by stealing all the coffee creamers.\n\n\n\n\u2014Laura Delarato. Follow her at @lauradelarato.\n\n\u2022 \u2022 \u2022"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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