‘Tis the day before the Oscars and everyone’s fretting, In hopes that a Razzie® they won’t be getting! Too bad about that, Tom Cruise! Too bad about that, Mel Gibson! Yes, the 38th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards (The Razzies®) have once again nailed the worst of the worst in filmdom. (A complete list of winners(?) […]
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Mel Gibson Gives Blood Father an Unexpected Poignancy!
‘…but you can’t be a prick all your life and then just say never mind. I can’t fix everything I broke… all I can do is not drink, so I won’t do that today.’ Mel Gibson’s John Link says these words at the beginning of Blood Father, but the conviction with which he says them […]
Bad Papa Trailer: Blood Father!
There’s a new trailer for Blood Father, the movie in which Mel Gibson plays the less-than-law-abiding biological father to a girl who’s gotten herself in a lot of trouble. It’s the latest entry in the geriatric action (geriaction?) genre and looks as formulaic in its own way as the Taken movies were. The selling point, […]
Expendables 3: So Many Characters, So Little Time!
After a mission goes wrong, Barney Ross decides to retire his team and recruit a bunch of (relative) youngsters. The result is a movie that runs for a bit over two hours and serves none of the characters well.
Coming To DVD: Edge of Darkness
Gibson is back, taking us to the edge and into the sinister darkness beyond on Tuesday May 11, 2010 as Edge of Darkness comes to DVD, Combo Pack, Blu_Ray and Download The bullet that killed his daughter was meant for Boston cop Thomas Craven or that’s what police brass and Craven himself think, but that’s […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Edge of Darkness – Topicality Merely McGuffin in Revenge Flick!
She hasn’t even been home a full evening when Emma Craven [Bojana Novakovic] is killed by a shotgun blast fired by a man in a ski mask – right in front of her father, police detective Thomas Craven [Mel Gibson]. His search for vengeance turns up disquieting things – like the possibility of Emma being […]