passion of the christ

Review: Mel Gibson’s THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST Is A Cinematic Miracle

Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ is a powerful piece of cinema. It’s a breathtaking, bravura biblical epic which resonates on multiple levels. Gibson’s film has no compromises. The filmmaker set out to tell a story and he [...]

April 15, 2022

Mel Gibson Confirms That He’ll Direct LETHAL WEAPON 5

A few years ago Movies In Focus spoke with the great Richard Donner about the long-gestating fifth entry in the Lethal Weapon franchise. It looked like the film was close to getting made, but sadly the director passed away in June 2021, casting [...]

November 15, 2021

Remembering Mel Gibson’s THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ is a powerful piece of cinema. It’s a breathtaking, bravura biblical epic which resonates on multiple levels. The 2004 film is beautifully shot, well acted and the story is captivating. Mel [...]

April 2, 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

The Breathtaking Power Of Mel Gibson’s THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

April 6, 2020

The Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century…So Far

Movies In Focus was inspired to put together a Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century list after reading the recent piece in Empire which listed the top movies of the century as voted for by the magazine’s readers. It was a pretty damning list [...]

January 21, 2020

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

Mel Gibson And Robert Towne Team For DANCING BEAR

Mel Gibson is keeping himself busy. He’s got a Passion Of The Christ sequel on the way, a western series with Kurt Russell in development, a potential Lethal Weapon 5, a Joe Carnahan thriller in the pipeline and now comes news he might direct [...]

February 24, 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 Talks About HACKSAW RIDGE And His Passion Of The Christ Follow-up THE RESURRECTION

Movies In Focus favourite Mel Gibson appeared at SoCal Harvest at Angel Stadium recently to discuss his latest film as director, Hacksaw Ridge. While he was there, he spilled some beans on his in-development follow-up to The Passion Of The Christ: [...]

September 3, 2016

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

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

It has been announced that Mel Gibson will act as art director for director Xiao Feng’s The Bombing. The $65 million 3D Chinese production stars Bruce Willis, Song Seung-heon, Nicholas Tse, and actor Liu Ye.‘The Bombing is based on the bombing [...]

July 13, 2015

Mel Gibson Talks Hollywood, Directing, Vikings, Television, Richard Donner And Gary Oldman

Mel Gibson is on his way back. He’s just wrapped the revenge thriller Blood Father, and The Expendables 3 hits screens next month. The actor/director was awarded a Crystal Globe for artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary Film [...]

July 6, 2014

Experience Mel Gibson’s THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

If you’re going to watch a movie over Easter, then it has to be Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ. The biblical epic ticks many boxes, it’s beautifully shot, well acted and the story is captivating. Mel Gibson’s passion (no pun [...]

April 18, 2014

Director Kevin Reynolds Tackles Jesus Christ In RESURRECTION

Kevin Reynolds is a very fine director. He’s a man who never gets the credit he deserves, despite having helmed the likes of Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Waterworld, The Count of Monte Cristo, One Eight Seven and Hatfields and McCoys. That’s a [...]

October 1, 2013

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