We have no cable or satellite.
And we're too far out in the boonies to have any reception.
So we have movie night every night.

That means that we buy a lot of DVD's.
A lot.
I'm always on the lookout for the five dollar ones...
If we watch it twice, it was cheaper than renting.

So I picked up this one the other day at Wal-Mart (in the $5.50 bin):

Now in all fairness, I wasn't expecting much. 
It's a "hunters after lions who killed people" flick set in East Africa in the late 1800's. 
Naturally, there's violence. No surprise there.
And some language.
So I'm not recommending the movie.

Though Val Kilmer was really cool.

But what was surprising was that it's based on a true story.
So I had to find out more.
We are, after all, homeschoolers.
It's what we do.

I found an interesting bit (with photographs) at Chicago's Field Museum.
And more at Wikipedia (which appears to be correct).
And even the Archaeological Institute of America.

So I broke down and bought:Which I haven't started yet.

Absolutely fascinating!

Now if I could just the Hall and Oates song out of my head....