Australia may have turned out to be a disappointment wave-wise, and a worry shark-wise for Mike and Robert, but though Endless Summer came out nearly a decade before Jaws, I had to laugh at the locals’ comment: “Jeez Mike, you should’ve been here yesterday. We had a bigger boat!” This is a movie that exists… The Endless Summer Read More
Take Every Wave: The Life Of Laird Hamilton 3.5 stars
“I found equality in the ocean, that just drove me” says Laird Hamilton, who has overcome a troubled childhood to become the world’s best big wave surfer. “The ocean is where I could hide, get away from the land. That was where the trouble was”. I know nothing about surfing, bar what I learnt from… Take Every Wave: The Life Of Laird Hamilton Read More
Shallows, The 4 stars
The Shallows is a short, sharp shock of a film. It’s only 86 minutes long but anxiety and tension levels are turned up to the max once medical student Nancy has seen the shark that will become her nemesis. And dry land is always an enticingly short but desperately dangerous distance away. Nancy (Blake Lively) has travelled to a beach… Shallows, The Read More