Tag: Mel Gibson

Celebs Come Out to Support ‘Sound of Freedom,’ Encourage Fans to See Film

Singer Jewel and actor/director Mel Gibson are among the latest celebrities to publicly embrace the anti-child trafficking film “Sound of Freedom” and encourage fans to go see it. That’s despite some of the mainstream media’s efforts to paint the movie in a negative light. Sharing a video on TikTok and Twitter, the singer/songwriter spoke to…


Film Review: ‘On the Line’: Mel Gibson as a Radio Shock Jock Under the Gun

R | 1h 44min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Action, Drama | 4 November 2022 (USA) For close to a quarter century (1979–2002), Mel Gibson had the Midas touch. He starred in two blockbuster franchises (“Mad Max,” “Lethal Weapon”), high-end thrillers (“The Year of Living Dangerously,” “Payback,” “Ransom”), and multiple war dramas (“Gallipoli,” “The Patriot,” “We Were Soldiers”). The high-water mark of…


Mel Gibson Can Testify at Harvey Weinstein Trial, Judge Says

LOS ANGELES—Mel Gibson can testify about what he learned from one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, a judge ruled Friday in the rape and sexual assault trial of the former movie mogul. The 66-year-old actor and director was one of many witnesses, and by far the best known, whose identities were revealed in Los Angeles Superior…


Film Review: ‘Agent Game’: Director Grant S. Johnson’s Convoluted Spy Thriller

Although not among the first films to employ the out-of-sequence narrative; “Citizen Kane,” “The Godfather, Part II” (TGPII), “Pulp Fiction,” and “The Usual Suspects” are four of the highest-profile movies most cinephiles associate with this tricky, volatile, easy-to-mess-up storytelling device. In their new spy thriller “Agent Game,” director Grant S. Johnson (“Frat Star,” “Nighthawks”) and…


Romanian Police Investigate Death Threats Against Prominent Jewish Actor

BUCHAREST—Romanian police were investigating on Sunday death threats made against award-winning film and theatre star Maia Morgenstern and her children at the start of Passover celebrations. Morgenstern, who played the figure of Mary in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ and runs the Jewish State Theatre in Bucharest, published an email she received in…