Baltasar Kormákur’s “Everest,” a $55 million disaster/adventure film, takes on a challenge as seemingly insurmountable as scaling the mountain itself. “Everest” depicts the ill-fated 1996 expedition to bring amateur climbers to the summit of Mount Everest, and the subsequent deaths of eight climbers between May 10 and 11, 1996. Notwithstanding the severe weather and inherent difficulty in … Continue reading ‘Everest’ sure to surprise, exhilarate with refined cast, gripping disaster scenes