In the Heart of the Sea is based on a book about a book, or, rather, the story behind the story that became Herman Melville's American classic Moby Dick. It was a tale so fantastical that it seemingly…
The BBC continues its great nature series BBC Earth that was spawned by the monstrous success of the excellent Planet Earth. This time around, they zoom in their focus a bit with Wild Pacific. Living …
Dolphin Tale was a surprise hit family film with a heartwarming true story of an injured dolphin named Winter that finds a new lease on life with a prosthetic tale. If you doubted the story for a seco…
A lonely boy finds an injured dolphin on the beach. She is horribly tangled and bleeding, caught in a rope that holds a crab pot. She has given up, and is waiting for death. An animal rescue agency pi…
This "no-budget Jaws" scared the crap out of people at the Sundance festival, where it was quickly snapped up by Lion's Gate Films. It is a great triumph of independent filmmaking—the whole movie crew…
If any film arrived at the Seattle International Film Festival with advance buzz, Whale Rider would be it. The winner of the Audience Awards at both the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals (how's THAT…
