a few wkend movie recommendations...
- touching the void (2003) on dvd
well made documentary about a near fatal mountaineering
expedition set in the 1980s. a motivational real life story about
human endurance. unbelievable n horrifying.
25yo joe simpson, broke his leg, was left dangling in mid air,
his partner cut the rope, he plunged into a crevasse, lowered
himself deeper, found an opening, yanked himself out of it, crawled
and dragged himself across the boulders for a few miles before
going back to base camp all by himself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Y6MNyWp6s
- in bruges (2008) on dvd
dark comedy about 2 hitmen on the run starring collin
farrel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jh2Xct8AMo&feature=related
- despicable me (2010) in cinema
a new animated story about an attempt to steal the
moon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo9-bcbLn1Q
- precious based on the novel push by sapphire (2010) in
cinema
an endearing drama/comedy about Precious, an obese, autistic
black girl growing up in NYC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx-3jYJkUWQ