Michael Brooks & Rick Edwards – Cheltenham Literary Festival

Hollywood Wants To Kill You

Asteroids, killer sharks, nuclear bombs, viruses, deadly robots, climate change, the apocalypse – why is Hollywood so obsessed with death and the end of the world? And how seriously should we take the dystopian visions of our favourite films? With wit, intelligence and irreverence, creators of hit podcast Science(ish) Rick Edwards and Michael Brooks explore the science of death and mass destruction through some of our best-loved Hollywood blockbusters.