Latitude Movie Club
Swashing and Buckling with Captain Blood
Captain Blood is one of those movies that is so much of a classic, you feel like you've already seen it. But alas, we had not, and on a chilly night in early November at Spaulding Marine Center, we finally sat down to watch the 1935 swashbuckling classic.
The Latitude Movie Club: Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was a good movie, and everything that followed diminished in quality, fun and coherent storytelling, and repeated the same tired, monster-laden formula that was, in our sailorly opinion, the weakest part of the original plot to begin with.
The Latitude Movie Club: ‘White Squall’
White Squall is both excellent "sailing movie" as well as a teenfest coming-of-age film showing the arc of boys becoming men.
The Arcs, Adventure and Tradgedy of ‘Captains Courageous’
Only the sea, and sailors, can redeem a rotten, spoiled boy and show him the path to manhood in Captains Courageous.
Latitude Movie Club: ‘Wind’
Wind is a classic sailing movie, though it was not well received at the box office, and like all art imitating life, it took some liberties with the truth.
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Is ‘Captain Ron’ Sailor’s Favorite Sailing Movie?
Who could have imagined that Captain Ron, a whacky, early-'90s family-comedy, would cement itself into sailor's hearts as their favorite sailing movie?
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