hamlet

Notebook Reviews: HAMLET

Michael Almereyda – 2000. Director Michael Almereyda delivers a highly watchable screen adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Updated to modern-day New York City, this features strong performances from an impressive cast [...]

January 18, 2025

DVD Review: The Play’s The Thing With Tom Stoppard’s ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

Tom Stoppard’s screen adaptation of his own play is an offbeat comedy starring Gary Oldman and Tim Roth as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Stoppard puts the two men front-and-centre, riffing [...]

February 14, 2016

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

Why We Need Mel Gibson

To put it mildly, you could say that in recent years Mel Gibson has caused a lot on controversy. From the release of The Passion of the Christ to his headline making arrest in the summer of 2006 you’d be forgiven for thinking that Gibson had been [...]

April 9, 2012