Summer Movies: Going Nuclear When movies went nuclear they took us through every genre, every apocalypse and every nightmare scenario that made us duck and cover. Continuing of our summer movies series, we look at nuke flicks.

Summer Movies: Going Nuclear

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When movies went nuclear they took us through every genre, every apocalypse and every nightmare scenario that made us duck and cover. Continuing of our summer movies series, we look at nuke flicks.

Guest:

Murray Horwitz, Director and COO of The American Film Institute Silver Theater and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Md.