Wild – 2014

Cheryl Strayed isn’t my hero, but I do find her journey inspiring. Her life was full of pain and struggle and she channeled that pain into a challenge from which most would shrink. Hiking the Pacific Coast Trail is challenging for experienced hikers, but she did it with no experience, which is all the more impressive. […]

Subgenre: Survival Film

Survival For the second time in less than a year, I am preparing my house for a hurricane. The lengths to which I am going to ensure my house survives makes me think about films in which people have gone up against impossible odds, only to survive circumstances far more severe than mine. So, with […]