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Danger Man: Remembering Patrick McGoohan

In the 1960s Patrick McGoohan starred as John Drake in Danger Man, and then as Number 6 in Danger Man’s unofficial spin-off The Prisoner, a surreal but iconic show that has gone down in cult-legend despite only lasting seventeen episodes. The [...]

October 17, 2020

The Brutal Beauty Of Mel Gibson’s HACKSAW RIDGE

Mel Gibson is a director who has always been able to portray violence in an almost balletic fashion. Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto all have sequences which are shot with a brutal beauty and Gibson’s 2016 film Hacksaw [...]

May 23, 2020

Trailer & Poster: Angus Macfadyen Is ROBERT THE BRUCE

Robert The Bruce once again sees Angus Macfadyen play the historic Scottish nobleman. A sort of quasi-sequel to Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, Richard Gray’s film charts Robert The Bruce‘s continuous political battles against the English [...]

June 9, 2019

Blu-ray Review: It’s A Game Of Thrones For Saoirse Ronan & Margot Robbie In MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

A film which never manages to be the sum of its parts, Mary Queen Of Scots works as a character study of Saoirse Ronan‘s legendary Queen, but it fails to gain traction in order to set-up any true cinematic thrills. Ronan delivers in spades as [...]

May 22, 2019

All Hail The King! Chris Pine Is Robert The Bruce In OUTLAW KING

The Braveheart comparisons can’t be denied, which is unfortunate because I doubt David Mackenzie‘s Outlaw King will ever have the muscular power of Mel Gibson’s 1995 epic (aka one of the greatest films ever made). The visuals seem [...]

August 20, 2018

BRAVEHEART Battles

I don’t know how I missed it until now, but this David Poland interview with Mel Gibson has been online since January 2017. It’s fascinating stuff indeed. Gibson is obviously passionate about the filmmaking process (and all the pitfalls [...]

August 4, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Mel Gibson’s HACKSAW RIDGE Is Beautiful And Brutal

Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge is a masterful piece of filmmaking. Gibson’s eye for action is second to none and he has created some of the most impressive battle sequences ever filmed for this WWII drama. The sheer scope of what’s on display is a [...]

May 1, 2017

Mel Gibson And Randall Wallace Planning A Follow-up To THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

Writer-director Randall Wallace is once again teaming with Mel Gibson (following Braveheart, We Were Soldiers and Hacksaw Ridge) – this time to write a follow-up to The Passion Of The Christ. Wallace told The Hollywood Reporter that the new movie [...]

June 11, 2016

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braveheart

Danger Man: Remembering Patrick McGoohan

The Brutal Beauty Of Mel Gibson’s HACKSAW RIDGE

Trailer & Poster: Angus Macfadyen Is ROBERT THE BRUCE

Blu-ray Review: It’s A Game Of Thrones For Saoirse Ronan & Margot Robbie In MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

All Hail The King! Chris Pine Is Robert The Bruce In OUTLAW KING

BRAVEHEART Battles

Blu-ray Review: Mel Gibson’s HACKSAW RIDGE Is Beautiful And Brutal

Mel Gibson And Randall Wallace Planning A Follow-up To THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

Vince Vaughn And Sam Worthington Join Andrew Garfield In Mel Gibson’s WWII War Movie HACKSAW RIDGE

Mel Gibson Is The Art Director For $65 Million Chinese War Film THE BOMBING Starring Bruce Willis

All Hail: Check Out These MACBETH Clips And Michael Fassbender Shall Be King Hereafter

The First Official Look At Mel Gibson In Jean-Francois Richet’s Revenge Thriller BLOOD FATHER