The Mothership: The best disaster movies

What is it about disaster movies that draws people in? Why do we love watching big earthquakes and tornadoes and sinking ships so much? Why do some disaster movies work and some utterly fail?

In honor of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson fighting an earthquake in San Andreas this weekend, USA TODAY's best nerds are tackling disaster movies in the latest episode of The Mothership podcast. USA TODAY's Kelly Lawler (@klawls), Brett Molina (@brettmolina23), Brian Truitt (@briantruitt) and special guest David Colton(@DColtonNow) talk the best and worst of the genre, from Earthquake to The Day After Tomorrow to San Andreas itself.

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