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Mel Gibson Expecting Baby No. 9!
16 September 2016 4:54 PM, PDT | ET Canada | See recent ET Canada news »
Mel Gibson is going to be a father of nine! Et has learned that the “Blood Father“ star and his girlfriend of two years, Rosalind Ross, are expecting a baby early next year. Watch: Mel Gibson Spotted Out With Reported Girlfriend, Denies Altercation With Photographer “Mel and Rose are so excited about the baby,” a friend […] »
- Sylvia Ogweng
Mel Gibson Says ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ Is “A Piece Of S**t”
6 September 2016 10:17 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Oh, Mel Gibson! The actor/director has been positioned on the comeback trail for a while now —2016 is supposed to be a big moment as such, with his starring role in the B-movie “Blood Father” (which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival) and his recently Venice Film Festival-premiered “Hacksaw Ridge” (our review). But it seems like […]
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- Kevin Jagernauth
Mel Gibson to produce adaptation of Australian military drama The Crossroad
4 September 2016 11:00 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Following his upcoming World War II film Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson is set to turn his attention to the Australian military, with Variety reporting that he’s snapped up the rights to Mark Donaldson’s bestselling autobiography The Crossroad.
Donaldson was a rebellious teenager who decided to enlist in the Australian Army following the death of his father and the disappearance of his mother, who was presumed murdered. Here he worked his way towards his goal of joining Australia’s Special Air Service and his heroics in Afghanistan saw him becoming the first Australian since 1969 to be awarded the Victoria Cross. The book is described as “the journey of a flawed man who turned away from self-destruction to fight his own war and save the life of a man he barely knew.”
After spending several years in The Wilderness following his battle with alcoholism and anti-Semetic comments, Gibson in the »
- Gary Collinson
Bo Report: Don't Breathe pips Bad Moms as Blood Father cracks top ten
4 September 2016 4:31 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Stephen Lang in Don't Breathe.
Horror film Don't Breathe has pipped Bad Moms and Suicide Squad to come in at the top of the Australian box office.
Debuting on 153 screens, the Sony film rang up close to $1.3 million, with a screen average of $8,568..
Last week's champ, Bad Moms, dropped thirty-five percent in its fourth week to take a fraction less over the weekend off 283 screens. The Roadshow comedy has now made $12.5 million overall.
WB's Suicide Squad is on 275 screens and dropped forty-three percent in its fifth week to bring its cume to over $32 million, while Roadshow's Nerve, starring Dave Franco and Emma Roberts, debuted on 196 screens and racked up just shy of $1 million ($996,037).
Uni's Jason Bourne dropped a mere sixteen percent in week six, earning $759,322 off 190 screens to bring its pot to $20.6 million, while Sony's Sausage Party crossed the $8 million mark after four weeks in release.
Dropping forty-five percent in »
- Harry Windsor
Mel Gibson Is 'Doing Great' as He Gears Up for Big Comeback with Hacksaw Ridge at Venice Film Festival
1 September 2016 12:00 PM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Mel Gibson is back in the director's chair. After a 10-year hiatus from behind the camera, Gibson marks his latest directorial effort with the World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge, which is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 5. And as Gibson's professional life continues to ramp back up, a source tells People the actor is happy in his personal life as well. "Mel is doing great," says the source. "He has been taking care of himself." Gibson, 60, has been romantically linked to 25-year-old Rosalind Ross for about a year, and the two spent time together in »
- Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
Mel Gibson Shares Plans for Passion of The Christ 2: The Resurrection
31 August 2016 3:55 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Mel Gibson is looking at having himself a bit of career resurgence after scandal took him out of the limelight several years ago, and it is one of his most notable projects that will be helping to bring him back. It was recently revealed that Passion of the Christ 2 is being worked on. Now, Gibson has himself confirmed the news and revealed that the sequel to the 2004 faith-based, R-rated blockbuster will be titled The Resurrection.
Gibson appeared at the SoCal Harvest event over the weekend for an interview with Pastor Greg Laurie. During the course of the interview, the subject of the sequel, which Mel Gibson has been fairly quiet about up to this point, did come up. Gibson decided to take the opportunity to open up about the movie, revealing the title and discussing some of the challenges in developing it. Here is what he had to say.
"Of course, »
- MovieWeb
Mel Gibson Talks ‘Passion Of The Christ’ Sequel ‘The Resurrection,’ Says It’s “A Huge Undertaking”
31 August 2016 7:53 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Mel Gibson‘s post-scandal career has mostly seen him on screen in a variety of roles that play off his rough-around-the-edges public persona, perhaps to greatest effect in this month’s “Blood Father.” But shortly at the Venice Film Festival, he’ll be unveiling his first directorial effort since “Apocalypto,” the war drama “Hacksaw Ridge,” and after that, […]
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- Kevin Jagernauth
Blood Father Review
29 August 2016 6:00 PM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Blood Father is yet another entry into the Aged-Action-Star-Still-Kicks-Ass subgenre (see the Taken franchise, Red movies, Expendables silliness), proving that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks – and you might not have to.
Mel Gibson grows out his best Grizzly Adams beard and talks with a throat full a gravel, going the “ex-con with a heart of gold” route to brutally enjoyable extremes. Torn from the pages of Peter Craig’s adapted novel is a bloody, thug-riddled story of one father’s love knowing no bounds; sweet in sentiments, and salty in its gritty retribution. It’s nothing tremendously inventive, but director Jean-François Richet still paints a vengeful portrait of California livin’ in the scumminess of society’s underbelly – and the things we’d do to ensure our loved ones escape.
Gibson stars as “Link,” a sober ex-criminal who spent most of his life drinking, fighting and all the other dirtiness in-between. »
- Matt Donato
New to Streaming: ‘De Palma,’ ‘Sunset Song,’ ‘Melancholia,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ and More
26 August 2016 9:10 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Blood Father (Jean-François Richet)
If this be the movie jail that Mel Gibson is destined to die in, it could be a whole lot worse. Blood Father, directed by Jean-François Richet (Mesrine, Assault on Precinct 13), works remarkably well as a grindhouse throwback, sporting a screenplay (from Peter Craig and Andrea Berloff, based on Craig’s novel) that’s better than it has any right to be. »
- The Film Stage
The Best Films of Summer 2016
24 August 2016 10:15 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
“‘2016 is a bad year for film’ is just another way of saying ‘I really blew it when I chose what films to watch in 2016,'” producer Keith Calder recently said. Taking this statement to heart, as summer winds down, there’s no shortage of writing about how the season was a disappointment overall — but, on the contrary, there have been gems throughout the last four months, and we’ve set out to name our favorites.
All of the below films received at least one-week theatrical runs in the United States from May to August, and while some are still in theaters, many are now currently available to stream. Check out our favorites below and let us know what you most enjoyed this summer. One can also see our fall preview series, which just kicked off this week, here.
A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino)
Despite a loose script that justifies little, »
- The Film Stage
Blood Father star Mel Gibson: 'I'm used to being in the driving seat' – video interview
24 August 2016 3:21 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
In Blood Father, a thriller by Mesrine director Jean-François Richet, Mel Gibson plays tough ex-biker John Link who must reconnect with his estranged daughter (Erin Moriarty) after she is threatened by her drug-dealing boyfriend (Diego Luna). Here Gibson tells Nigel M Smith about being an action dad, playing a guy in need of redemption and the time he tattooed a biker for fun
Blood Father review: Mel Gibson taps into rage for pulpy thriller
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- Nigel M Smith and Jonross Swaby
Kidnap: new trailer for Halle Berry's action thriller
24 August 2016 12:20 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Ryan Lambie Aug 24, 2016
Halle Berry drives quickly in the new trailer for the action thriller, Kidnap...
We've seen plenty of Hollywood actors attempt to emulate Liam Neeson's success with the action thriller Taken, including Kevin Costner in 3 Days To Kill and Mel Gibson in this year's Blood Father. But how about Halle Berry as an otherwise normal parent whose life is thrown through a loop when her son goes missing in a busy playground? That's the nightmare scenario presented in Kidnap, the forthcoming thriller from Spanish director Luis Prieto (he previously brought us the Pusher remake).
Okay, so Kidnap doesn't quite have the neck-snappings and discharged guns of the Taken series, but it has plenty of car chases and, in true Neeson style, Berry gets her own, "You've messed with the wrong person" monologue to the bad guys. From what we can gather, the movie takes the form of »
This Week’s Wamg Podcast – War Dogs, Ben-hur, Blood Father and More!
22 August 2016 5:20 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
This week’s episode of our podcast We Are Movie Geeks The Show is up! Hear Wamg’s Jim Batts and Tom Stockman talk movies. Our guest in the studio this week is Lynn Venhaus, film critic for The Belleville News Democrat and the Kirkwood/Webster Times. Michelle McCue will call in to discuss the weekend box office and we’ll review War Dogs, Ben-hur, Kubo And 2 Strings. Little Sister and Blood Father. We’ll then talk about the upcoming “Classics on the Loop” Film fest at the Tivoli and pay tribute to the late director Arthur Hiller
Here’s this week’s show. Have a listen:
http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/Wamg-8-22-54.mp3
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- Movie Geeks
Arthouse Audit: ‘Hell or High Water’ Makes Splash in Big Cities
14 August 2016 10:50 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
After one of the best openings of the summer, Texas western “Hell or High Water” could become one of the strongest specialized releases of 2016. This bank robbery and pursuit thriller debuted at Cannes and scored among the best reviews of the year. CBS Films and Lionsgate opted to take the easier commercial route rather than chase awards via the standard September festival rollout.
Late summer has yielded a spate of arthouse successes including strong holdovers “Café Society” and “Indignation.”
Opening
“Hell or High Water” (Lionsgate) – Metacritic: 86; Festivals include: Cannes 2016
$592,000 in 32 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $18,500
A gamble paid off big-time for CBS Films, who acquired this independent Texas story of two struggling brothers (Chris Pine and Ben Foster) who rob a bank to save the family farm. Distributed by Lionsgate, “Hell or High Water” debuted well at Cannes. Knowing it had rave reviews, CBS decided to go broader than »
- Tom Brueggemann
Review: Blood Father
12 August 2016 8:41 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Blood Father was originally reviewed as part of the 2016 Fantasia Film Festival. Plot: An ex-con (Mel Gibson), who ekes out a living as a tattoo artist, is dragged into a war with a violent gang when his estranged daughter (Erin Moriarty) re-enters his life. Review: Damn right! That’s what I kept saying to myself over-and-over as I watched Blood Father on the big-screen at a Fantasia press... Read More »
- Chris Bumbray
Film Guide: What Movie Should I Watch This Weekend? (August 12, 2016)
11 August 2016 1:32 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Every week, a bevy of new releases (independent or otherwise), open in theaters. That’s why we created the Weekly Film Guide, filled with basic plot, personnel and cinema information for all of this week’s fresh offerings.
For August, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for August 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, August 12. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Director: Sean Ellis
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Harry Lloyd, Jamie Dornan, Toby Jones
Synopsis: “Anthropoid” is based on the extraordinary true story of “Operation Anthropoid,” the code name for the Czechoslovakian operatives’ mission to assassinate SS officer Reinhard Heydrich. Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution, »
- Steve Greene
Movie Review: Mel Gibson attempts an action-comedy comeback in Blood Father
10 August 2016 10:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
Would it be easier for Mel Gibson to make a comeback if every attempt wasn’t some kind of self-reflexive star text? There are Hollywood stars (and respected filmmakers) with worse misdeeds and uglier personal lives, but Gibson, the traditionalist Catholic fixated on torture, is hell-bent on suffering for his sins on screen. Five years after starring as a personally fractured family man in The Beaver, and after an assortment of high-profile projects that fell apart (including one about the Maccabees), he returns in Blood Father, a pulpy father-daughter action-comedy that plays like a mea culpa. Alcoholism, racism, anti-Semitism, men abusing women—just about anything Gibson has ever been documented doing or accused of is there, with the star on hand to acknowledge that it is in fact bad, as though asking for a reduced sentence in the court of public opinion. Having a reformed outlaw biker mutter, “Still backing »
- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
[Review] Blood Father
9 August 2016 12:29 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
If this be the movie jail that Mel Gibson is destined to die in, it could be a whole lot worse. Blood Father, directed by Jean-François Richet (Mesrine, Assault on Precinct 13), works remarkably well as a grindhouse throwback, sporting a screenplay (from Peter Craig and Andrea Berloff, based on Craig’s novel) that’s better than it has any right to be.
John Link (Gibson) is a burned-out alcoholic who we meet in the middle of an AA meeting. He’s celebrating two years sober while still lamenting the bridges he’s burned and a daughter he hasn’t seen in some time. Only moments later, Link and his daughter, Lydia (Erin Moriarty), are reunited, a hail of gunfire and some bad men following them. “She’s every loser’s lucky day,” Link says of her, a drug addict who accidentally pulled the trigger on her criminal boyfriend, Jonah »
- Dan Mecca
Mel Gibson attends an AA meeting in first clip from Blood Father
6 August 2016 8:10 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Following the arrival first TV spot [check it out here], we now have the first clip from director Jean-Francois Richet’s upcoming action thriller Blood Father which sees Mel Gibson’s John Link discussing his problems at an AA meeting; watch it below after the official synopsis…
See Also: Watch the latest trailer for Blood Father
After her drug kingpin boyfriend frames her for stealing a fortune in cartel cash, 18 year old Lydia goes on the run, with only one ally in this whole wide world: her perennial screw-up of a dad, John Link, who’s been a drunk, a drug addict, a motorcycle outlaw, and a convict in his time, and now is determined to keep his little girl from harm and, for once in his life, do the right thing…
Blood Father is set for release on August 25th.
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- Amie Cranswick
Mel Gibson Is Enjoyably Growly In The No Frills, B-Movie ‘Blood Father’ [Review]
4 August 2016 7:10 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Montreal — John Link (Mel Gibson) might not have much of a life, but it’s the one he’s got. Well past the point where he could charitably be called middle-aged, he’s a divorced ex-con on parole, trying to stay sober, and running a tattoo business out of his trailer located in a small community of […]
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- Kevin Jagernauth
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