The Mercy is based on a true story. If you don’t know the outcome, and don’t want to before you see the film, bookmark and come back later! Amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst’s emotional collapse, as he tries to non-stop circumnavigate the globe in his trimaran Teignmouth Electron, seems, in hindsight, inevitable. It’s clear from his… The Mercy Read More
Adrift 3 stars
I’ll say straight off that Shailene Woodley is terrific in Adrift. She shines as real-life sailor Tami Oldham – determined yet full of self-doubt, footloose yet bound to one person – marooned on a drifting boat in the Pacific in the early 1980s. I’m also going to say straight off that I’m going to spoiler… Adrift Read More