Bill Bryson’s story, A Walk in the Woods, is hitting the big screen this Fall! With a leading line-up of stars including Robert Redford, Emma Thompson, and Nick Nolte, it should be as funny and interesting as the book. Setting out to hike the Appalachian Trail with his old buddy, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford in …
If you want to see something exciting to get your adrenaline up, check out the trailer for the REEL Rock Film Festival! In addition to the Banff Film Festival’s Radical Reels Tour, the REEL Rock Film Festival is another series of exciting short films that will be touring the U.S. this fall! These films are …
The Banff Mountain Film Festival’s Radical Reels Tour is going on its world tour! I went last year for the first time and the footage is amazing! Let’s just say that if you like outdoor adventures, you’ll love these short films. The film festival is presented locally all around the world, with hundreds of stops …
On Friday night I had the chance to see the newly released film, The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest! Who was the first person to climb Mount Everest? The Wildest Dream is a well done documentary that investigates this question, and seeks to find out whether or not George Mallory could have been the first …
Surfing, climbing, and mountaineering in Patagonia! Sign me up! With some surfing lessons first 😉 I watched the new film 180° SOUTH: Conquerors of the Useless, that traces the journey of adventurer Jeff Johnson, as he travels to Patagonia and enjoys the truly rugged landscape, following the footsteps of Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins. Yvon …
In 2009, acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns released a new documentary, National Parks: America’s Best Idea. I am sure many of you got to watch the Ken Burns series on public television last fall. But were your expectations met? I thoroughly enjoyed the series, yet I was hoping for even more. Check out my full review …
In August 2010, I’ll be checking out this film for sure! National Geographic Entertainment will be showing The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, a film about George Mallory and whether or not he made the first successful summit bid of Everest in 1924. In 1999, the mountaineer Conrad Anker found Mallory’s body on Everest. Everything …
Have you seen the movie Grizzly Man? I finally saw it with some friends, and got to hear the story of Timothy Treadwell, the man who went to live with the grizzlies in Alaska. While there are some redeeming features to the film, and I think the director did a great job sorting through countless …
One of the cutest movies I saw last year was Disney Pixar’s Up! I found it to be a great adventure story, which I wrote about in my review of Up. Now there is a popular musical composition that is hitting YouTube by storm called Upular. It is a music video using images from the …
There is a new movie hitting selected U.S. theaters this month: Philipp Stölzl’s North Face: A True Story. If you’re like me and love adventure and survival movies, then you may be just as eager to see this film! North Face is based on the true story of two German climbers, Toni Kurz and Andi …