My attitude towards extreme mountain climbing varies between amazement and admiration for something like Touching the Void, to disdain and disgust at self-important trust fund kids who pollute places like Mt. Everest with their corpses and oxygen bottles. The shark fin of Mt. Meru in the Indian Himalayas has been characterized as the anti-Everest. More […]
Meru
January 31, 2017 by
Film Title
MeruSynopsis
Meru is the 2015 documentary of 3 men who were the first to conquer the “shark’s fin” rock face of Meru
Director
Jimmy ChinCast
Conrad Anker
Jimmy Chin
Renan Ozturk
Jennifer Lowe-Anker
GRIZZLY MAN
July 17, 2016 by
Film Title
Grizzly ManSynopsis
Watch Timmy Treadwell feed a bear
Director
Werner HerzogCast
Tim Treadwell
Arnie Hugueanard
Werner Herzog
We love bears.
Scottsdale International Film Festival, Part One: Twilight of the Snowbirds
October 16, 2013 by
From Congress to Decoding Annie Parker, each film that I’d seen was in some way or another about the aging, reconciling themselves to a society that no longer saw a use for them.
RUMORS OF WAR III – A GLENN BECK CRAZYFILM
May 14, 2012 by
Fact: Did you know there are twenty billion people on the planet? One third of them are terrorists, and the other third are Mexicans!
THE AVENGERS
May 8, 2012 by
So, how was The Avengers? You know how in boxing they have weight classes, but then also “pound for pound” rankings in an attempt to sort out who is the best quality fighter, regardless of size advantages? On a pound for pound basis, I would say The Avengers is quite good. In the heavyweight division, […]
PUBLIC HOUSING
March 11, 2010 by
The poor are hopeless. Give them health insurance so we can wash our hands of them.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
February 3, 2010 by
When you think about it, it is pretty amazing. Ron Howard contributed to something worthwhile. Also, we went to the moon.
