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Notebook Reviews: MAD MAX 2 – THE ROAD WARRIOR

George Miller – 1981.  Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior) is a high energy science fiction sequel from director George Miller. Upping the action quota and the spectacle from the original, Mad Max 2 is a masterwork in action cinema – [...]

November 20, 2021

Notebook Reviews: MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME

George Miller and George Ogilvie – 1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome might not be as violent as its predecessors, but it does have a lot of charm. Funny and dangerous in equal measure, this once again delivers great cartoon-style action. The [...]

April 13, 2021

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

Book Review: Take To The Skies With FLIGHT OR FRIGHT

Flight Or Fright is a glorious collection of 17 airborne-themed short stories from a selection of authors who are gleefully intent on making sure that you never want to fly again. Edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent, Flight Or Fright includes [...]

July 10, 2018

Why Mel Gibson Is Not Expendable

Mel Gibson is one of the great all-time movie stars. His screen charisma heightens any film that he appears in, and he’s no slouch behind the camera either, having helmed The Man Without A Face, Braveheart, The Passion Of The Christ and [...]

July 9, 2014

Warner Bros. Develops A New JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie

Warner Bros. appears to be stepping up to the plate and getting started on a Justice League movie…again. I’m sure that the $1.3 billion worldwide gross of Marvel’s The Avengers had nothing to do with it. Will Beall has been hired to write [...]

June 6, 2012

Model Abbey Lee Kershaw Set To Star In MAD MAX 4

Apparently “ the world’s fifth most in-demand model” Abbey Lee Kershaw has snagged a role in George Miller’s long awaited Mel Gibson-less Mad Max 4 (aka Mad Max: Fury Road). The model will travel to Namibia to play a role in the film [...]

April 28, 2012