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June 21, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Father Stu (2022)

— 124 min - Drama - 13 April 2022

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The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization that he's meant to be a Catholic priest.

Director:  Rosalind Ross

Stars:  Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Teresa Ruiz

June 4, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The River (1984)

— 122 min - Drama - 1 December 1984

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Farming family battles severe storms, a bank threatening to reposses their farm, and other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm.

Director:  Mark Rydell

Stars:  Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch, Don Hood, James Tolkan, Bob W. Douglas, Andy Stahl, Lisa Sloan, Larry D. Ferrell, Susie Toomey, Kelly Toomey, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Amy Rydell, Samuel Scott Osborne, Charles Robinson

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Farming family battles severe storms, a bank threatening to reposses th...

May 18, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Patriot (2000)

— 165 min - Drama, History, War, Action - 28 June 2000

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After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

Director:  Roland Emmerich

Stars:  Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Tchéky Karyo, René Auberjonois, Lisa Brenner, Tom Wilkinson, Donal Logue, Leon Rippy, Adam Baldwin, Jay Arlen Jones, Joey D. Vieira, Gregory Smith, Mi...

May 13, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Bounty (1984)

— 132 min - Action, Drama, History - 4 May 1984

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The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

Director:  Roger Donaldson

Stars:  Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bernard Hill, Phil Davis, Liam Neeson, Wi Kuki Kaa, Tevaite Vernette, Philip Martin Brown, Simon Chandler, Malcolm Terris, Simon Adams, John Sessions, Andrew Wilde, Neil Morrissey, Richard Graha...

May 8, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

— 124 min - History, Drama, Mystery, Thriller - 7 March 2019

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Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

Director:  Farhad Safinia

Writers:  Farhad Safinia, John Boorman, Todd Komarnicki

Stars:  Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer, Ioan Gruffudd, Steve Coogan, Jeremy Irvine, Brendan Patricks, Adam Fergus, Jennifer Ehle, Brian Fortune, Aidan McArdle, David Crowley, Kieran O'Reilly, Bryan Murray, Oengus MacNam...

May 8, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Expendables 3 (2014)

— 126 min - Action, Adventure, Thriller - 7 August 2014

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Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -- but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy...

May 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

We Were Soldiers (2002)

— 138 min - Action, History, War - 1 March 2002

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The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Director:  Randall Wallace

Stars:  Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear, Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell, Barry Pepper, Clark Gregg, Marc Blucas, Jsu Garcia, Robert Bagnell, Blake Heron, Josh Daugherty, Jon Hamm, Dylan Walsh, Erik MacArthur, Mark McCracken, Desmond Harrington, Duong Don, Ryan Hurst, Brian Tee, Sloane Momsen, Bellamy Young, Simbi Khali, Jim Grimshaw, Forry Smith, Steven Nelson, Vincent Angell, Michael Tomlinson, Keith Szarabajka, Tim Abell, Patric...

May 2, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

Mrs. Soffel (1984)

PG-13 112 min - Drama, Romance - 26 December 1984

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Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.

Director:  Gillian Armstrong

Writers:  Ron Nyswaner

Stars:  Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Edward Herrmann, Trini Alvarado, Jennifer Dundas, Danny Corkill, Harley C...

March 15, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' (2017)

— 70 min - Documentary - 21 February 2017

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A comprehensive documentary detailing the making of 'Hacksaw Ridge', including the real-life people and story, casting, filming, special effects, stunts, and interviews with Mel Gibson, Andrew Garfield, and more. 'Hacksaw Ridge' is the epic and inspiring true story of Desmond Doss, an army medic and conscientious objector who, during one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun.

Director:  Cliff Stephenson

Stars:  Andrew Garfield, Mel Gibson, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving

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March 14, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Mad Max 2 (1981)

— 96 min - Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction - 24 December 1981

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Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

Director:  George Miller

Writers:  Brian Hannant

Stars:  Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Kjell Nilsson, Emil Minty, Virginia Hey, William Zappa, Arkie Wh...