Blu-ray Review: The River (1984)
The River was the third of the so-called “save the farm” movies of 1984-85. Like Places in the Heart and Country we are treated to a gutsy, young farm family who come together to keep their land in the face of attacks from mother nature and the local bank that refuses to help them. Directed […]
Blu-ray Review: Mad Max Trilogy
All set in the near-future Australia, the three Mad Max films—Mad Max (1979), Mad Max Road Warrior (1982) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)—created a bleak dystopian world while staging some incredible stunts in an era when stunts were done by people, not CGI. All three films starred a then virtually unknown Mel Gibson as […]
The Mad Max Trilogy Comes to Blu-ray June 4th
THE MAD MAX TRILOGY BLU-RAY™ COLLECTION DEBUTS JUNE 4 FROM WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT Mel Gibson Stars in the Franchise that Made Him a Star Burbank, Calif. February 25, 2013 – Mad Max, the sci-fi franchise that introduced Mel Gibson to the world, will come together for the first time as a Blu-ray collection when Warner Bros. […]
Blu-ray Review: Lethal Weapon – The Complete Collection
The Lethal Weapon series is one of the most successful franchises in film history. Debuting in March of 1987, the first film would spawn three sequels and a host of imitators. Lethal Weapon certainly didn’t invent the buddy cop genre, but it certainly helped to tweak them. The pairing of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover […]
Blu-ray Review: The Beaver
From Mad Max to Lethal Weapon and even Hamlet, Mel Gibson has played variations of crazy characters. Gibson’s latest effort, The Beaver, which has him, portraying a middle-aged man who attempts to deal with his debilitating depression by communicating through a beaver hand puppet is one of his strangest. Despite the films many flaws, Gibson’s […]
The Beaver Comes to DVD and Blu-ray on August 23
Burbank, Calif. (July 18, 2011) – Two-time Academy Award® winner Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs, The Accused) directs and co-stars with two-time Academy Award® winner Mel Gibson (Braveheart – Best Picture and Best Director) in The Beaver, a compelling and original film, slated to arrive on Blu-ray™ and DVD August 23rd from Summit Entertainment. The Beaver — which Rolling Stone […]
Blu-ray Review: Edge of Darkness
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 117 mins. | Rated R Appearing in his first lead role since 2002’s Signs, Mel Gibson returns to form as a devastated homicide detective determined to avenge the murder of his only daughter, uncovering corporate corruption and political conspiracy in the process. Don’t be surprised if the story sounds familiar. […]