Offshore Quarantine

Sailin’ ye seas o’ social distancin’ since 2020

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

    Where to begin? We end the second set of voyages of the Offshore Quarantine nearly where we began, eleven journeys ago with 2003’s Master and Commander. Shot nearly simultaneously with Disney’s towering 2003 commercial success, the film we will be shipping with tonight, the two films were in contention with one another for sailing crew,…

  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

    A British naval commander and his trusty medical sidekick find adventure – and themselves – in the treacherous waters off the cape of Tierra del Fuego. Based on the Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O’Brian, this 2003 film was the next to last directorial work of Aussie director Peter Weir. The film is well-nigh universally hailed…