Much as I adore Mallory and Irving (lost on the world’s highest peak in 1924) you can’t really claim to have climbed a mountain until you’ve not just made it back down again, but descended with your feet touching the snow. So while I won’t include all those grinning dogs carried down from the UK’s… Climbing Everest then skiing back down? Snow way! Everest: The Other Side trailer, pics, festival news Read More
The Epic of Everest 4 stars
The official record of Britain’s 1924 Everest expedition, and Mallory and Irvine’s summit attempt. To the explorer, an intertitle card tell us, Everest is “the last of the world’s great lodestones of romance and adventure.” The Epic of Everest was filmed in 1924, nearly 30 years before the mountain was finally conquered, but it’s still… The Epic of Everest Read More
Abominable 4 stars
This is the third family film about mythical apes in a year, after Smallfoot and the sadly underseen Missing Link. I’m not sure that’s a bad thing though – even the most cynical child (they do exist, I used to be one) will be delighted by Everest the yeti, who when rolled up resembles a giant fluffy snowball…. Abominable Read More