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The Martian (2015)

The Martian (2015)

If you ever thought that after high school there was no practical use for algebra, like EVER… well, just be glad that you aren’t stuck on Mars without a...

Linda
Into the Wild

Into the Wild

Director Sean Penn delivers a thoughtful, somber, enlightening and occasionally exuberant drama with his big-screen adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s book of the same name, which tells the true story...

Vickie
The Wildest Dream

The Wildest Dream

There is something about man (and woman) against the elements that speaks to the adventurer in all of us, even if armchair adventure is all we can handle. I’m...

Linda
Unbroken (2014)

Unbroken (2014)

Peppered with flashbacks to highlight key moments from Zamperini’s formative years – including his introduction to long-distance running as a boy, and his headline-making appearance at the 1936 Berlin...

Vickie
Let God

Let God

If you’re inclined to feel put off by a film called Let God, perhaps you’d feel better about watching something called The Trail. One sounds specifically aimed at Christian...

Jennifer
North Face (Nordwand)

North Face (Nordwand)

North Face promises—and delivers—all the token movie-poster exclamations: Romance! Adventure! Danger! Death! And, yes, even Nazis! Based a true story, North Face tells the tale of two Germans and...

Linda
Against the Wild (2014)

Against the Wild (2014)

It’s never fair to judge a children’s movie by adult standards, so I’m going to consider Against the Wild from a kid’s point of view, or at least from...

Jennifer
Touching the Void

Touching the Void

You know, I don’t want to say, “It serves them right,” but there is something about extreme mountain climbing where when something horrible happens, I just want to say,...

Linda
Gravity (2013)

Gravity (2013)

Gravity is basically a 90-minute thrill-ride. The audience lives vicariously through astronaut Sandra Bullock’s point of view as, almost immediately, a space walk goes very very wrong. The Space...

Linda
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition

It shouldn’t surprise me that books recounting the true heroic story of Ernest Shackleton’s failed Antarctic expedition of 1914-1916 are becoming popular reading for corporate executives. After all, it...

Linda
The Wall (Die Wand)

The Wall (Die Wand)

Based on Marlen Haushofer’s 1962 feminist novel, The Wall is a quiet mood piece, quiet, contemplative, and more than a little chilling in parts. It is also, impressively, basically...

Linda
Rescue Dawn

Rescue Dawn

Someone needs to give Christian Bale a sandwich and some diet counseling. If this guy continues to gain and lose alarming amounts of poundage for movie roles (see also...

Linda