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John Wick Series THE CONTINENTAL Sees New Cast Members Join Mel Gibson

Actor Colin Woodell has won a key role opposite the previously cast Mel Gibson in Starz’s John Wick prequel series, The Continental. Wodell will play a younger version of Ian McShane’s Winston Scott. Hubert Point-Du Jour, Jessica [...]

October 20, 2021

Mel Gibson To Star In John Wick Series THE CONTINENTAL

The mighty Mel Gibson will make a (very) rare television appearance with in the forthcoming John Wick spin-off series, The Continental. The three part event series, produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television will serve as a prequel of sorts to the [...]

October 18, 2021

Mel Gibson Sits In The HOT SEAT

The mighty Mel Gibson is set to star in the new action-thriller, Hot Seat. James Cullen Bressack will direct the film which is set to start filming in New Mexico on 1 November 2021. Based on a story by Leon Langford & Collin Watts, ‘Hot [...]

October 16, 2021

Behind The Scenes: George Clooney & Wolfgang Petersen On The Set Of THE PERFECT STORM

The year 2000 was when George Clooney broke his stalemate on movie stardom and launched his career as an A-list movie star. Wolfgang Petersen’s The Perfect Storm was seen as make or break, or more aptly sink or swim for Clooney. The big [...]

September 13, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE PATRIOT

Roland Emmerich – 2000. Master of Disaster, Roland Emmerich goes for a serious change of pace with The Patriot. Yes, this is still a huge scale Hollywood blockbuster, but its worlds away from the likes of Stargate and Independence Day. The [...]

September 12, 2021

Notebook Reviews: PAYBACK

Brian Helgeland -1999. Payback is a slick but gritty modern film noir from writer-turned-director Brian Helgeland. Mel Gibson plays things somewhat against type as the anti-hero out for revenge after being double-crossed and left for dead. [...]

September 9, 2021

Notebook Reviews: LETHAL WEAPON

Richard Donner – 1987. Lethal Weapon is the movie that kick-started an incredible movie franchise – and the buddy movie sub-genre. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Richard Donner are on fine form in delivering this cracking thriller. The [...]

August 29, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL

Wim Wenders – 2000. The Million Dollar Hotel is a film which fails to deliver on the promise of its talent. Co-written by U2’s Bono, directed by Wim Wenders and produced by Mel Gibson‘s Icon Productions, it’s a really dull [...]

August 26, 2021

Notebook Reviews: LETHAL WEAPON 3

Richard Donner – 1992. Lethal Weapon 3 is an exceptionally well made action movie, with some incredibly well constructed action set pieces. Energetically directed by the great Richard Donner and well acted by Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, this [...]

August 24, 2021

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

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