Nowhere is another survival film… or maybe unlikely predicament film. I’m not sure if there’s an actual name for the sub-genre of these survival in unlikely circumstances movies. I think I’ll call them Predicament Films until I hear otherwise. Anyhoo, … Continue reading
I watched The Dive earlier today only to find out it’s a remake of this Swedish film. Normally I’d say, “Silly Americans always remaking movies…” but The Dive was a German film (in English)… so I guess we can blame … Continue reading
The Dive is a perfectly alright “trapped in an unlikely situation” survival thriller. The kind of movie that sticks its protagonists on the top of a tower, in a shark cage, or buried underground. I have anxiety about these films… … Continue reading
Fall (not Moonfall, Legends of the Fall, Falling Down, or even The Fall) is what happens when Cliffhanger and The Descent have a baby birthed by Buzzfeed Studios and it doesn’t suck. It’s not amazing and it has unfortunate downtime, … Continue reading
Watching Infinite Storm, I was thankful of my life choices. There I was, sitting in a recliner with no greater goal that preventing it from flying off into the sky. Eating coconut Keebler cookies that I thought were thin mints … Continue reading
Against the Ice is a semi-successful, kind of long, kind of dull Netflix film based on true events. Denmark sends a ship to Greenland to find a previously failed expedition. The captain and an unqualified engineer embark with sled dogs … Continue reading
Checked out the latest survival / man-vs-nature movie Adrift. This one stars Shailene Woodley and Sam (I am NOT a block of wood) Claflin as survivors of a typhoon at sea… it seems they are… ADRIFT! in the Pacific on … Continue reading
Checked out the new wilderness survival movie The Mountain Between Us. I say wilderness survival when I guess I should also call it an unconvincing romance… so unconvincing, I didn’t realize it WAS a romance until the end of the … Continue reading
Rented a new release (also in limited theatrical run) film called Into the Forest, starring Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood as two sisters surviving in an America where the power seems to have gone out forever. It’s not sci-fi … Continue reading
Checked out the new shark attack flick The Shallows which is opening this weekend. This is an extremely effective and suspenseful movie about a surfer trapped on a reef by a very large shark. For what this movie is – … Continue reading