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Yippee Ki-Yay! DIE HARD Turns 33 Years Old

Die Hard is a great example of the Hollywood studio system getting moviemaking right – the film is a perfect storm of story and talent coming together. It is hard to fathom that the action-thriller was such an unknown quantity when it was first [...]

July 16, 2021

PETA Release Statement Praising The Late Richard Donner For His Love Of Animals

There has been a huge outpouring of condolences from many over the death of filmmaker Richard Donner. The Lethal Weapon and The Goonies director passed away on 5 July 2021 and many friends, fans and filmmakers have paid their respects to him. The [...]

July 6, 2021

Danny Glover ‘Heartbroken’ Over The Death Of Lethal Weapon Director Richard Donner

There has been a huge outpouring of love and appreciation over the death of director Richard Donner on 5 July 2021. Mel Gibson as spoken talked about his sadness at the death of his friend and mentor, and Gibson’s Lethal Weapon co-star, Danny [...]

July 6, 2021

Mel Gibson Talks About His Friend & Mentor, Richard Donner

Mel Gibson has spoken about the passing of his friend and mentor Richard Donner. Donner died on 5 July 2021 at the age of 91. Gibson and Donner made six movies together – Lethal Weapon and it’s three sequels and Maverick and Conspiracy [...]

July 5, 2021

Obituary: Legendary Hollywood Director Richard Donner Dies Aged 91

The great Richard Donner sadly passed away at the age of 91 on 5 July 2021. Born Richard Donald Schwartzberg on 24 April 24 1930 in New York, Donner started out as an actor before moving into directing in the 1960s. He went on to become one of [...]

July 5, 2021

The Mighty Richard Donner

The mighty Richard Donner turned 91 years old on 24 April 2021. Donner is one of the all-time great Hollywood directors who cut his teeth in advertising and television, working on some of the most iconic shows of the 1960s and 1970s (The Twilight [...]

April 24, 2021

It Doesn’t Matter If DIE HARD Is A Christmas Movie!

Every year the argument rages to decide whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Bruce Willis believes that it isn’t, but there are others who feel that John McTiernan’s film sits alongside the likes of It’s A Wonderful Life [...]

November 25, 2020

Review: Mel Gibson’s FATMAN Delivers In A Big Way

Writing-directing brothers Ian and Eshom Nelms have delivered something special with Fatman. The film’s central coup of casting a bushy-bearded Mel Gibson as an ass-kicking Father Christmas is a masterstroke and the Lethal Weapon star delivers [...]

November 15, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Richard Donner & Steven Spielberg On The Set Of THE GOONIES

Produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Chris Columbus and directed by Richard Donner; it’s no wonder that The Goonies is one of the most beloved films of the 1980s. It’s a movie for kids, that doesn’t talk down to them. Columbus’s script [...]

September 5, 2020

Why Mel Gibson Is Still A FORCE OF NATURE

The mighty Mel Gibson‘s latest release, Force Of Nature (read the Movies In Focus review) proves he’s still a movie star to be reckoned with and that he can still command the screen like few actors. Gibson might have supporting part [...]

June 30, 2020

Review: Mel Gibson Chews The Scenery In The Pulpy And Entertaining FORCE OF NATURE

There’s some serious fun to be had if you surrender to the deliciously pulpy charms of Michael Polish’s Force Of Nature. This throwback action film top-lined by Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth and Mel Gibson, keeps things simple and entertains [...]

June 29, 2020

Mel Gibson & Richard Donner On The Set Of LETHAL WEAPON

The mighty Richard Donner’s Lethal Weapon is one of the great action films of the 1980s. Shane Black wrote the screenplay (his first produced script) for the 1987 release, which broke the rules of action cinema. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are [...]

May 22, 2020

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