Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Mel Gibson"

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Braveheart **** (1995, Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan) – Classic Movie Review 1138

Director Mel Gibson’s boisterous, robust, gory 1995 Scottish historical action adventure triumph won five Oscars, including best picture, director, cinematography, makeup and sound effects editing, and proved one of his biggest successes. As star performer, Gibson […]

Apr, 23

What Women Want (2000, Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt) Classic Film Review 1140

Director Nancy Myers’s 2000 romcom stars Mel Gibson as Nick Marshall, a womanising Chicago advertising executive who gains the ability to hear the thoughts of the fairer sex after a freak accident, when a woman, Darcy […]

Apr, 23

Signs **** (2002, Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin) – Classic Movie Review 916

Prepare to suspend all disbelief to enjoy director M Night Shayamalan’s 2002 third brilliantly scary movie in a row, following The Sixth Sense (1999) and Unbreakable (2000). And he really knows how to send shivers […]

Mar, 15

Gallipoli **** (1981, Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr) – Classic Movie Review 420

Director Peter Weir’s brilliantly realised, frighteningly realistic 1981 anti-war movie, which packs a gut-wrenching punch to the heart and brain, is powerful and moving in the best traditions of great Aussie film-making. Mel Gibson and […]

Nov, 18

Machete Kills * (2103, Danny Trejo, Alexa Vega, Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen) – Movie Review

Danny Trejo returns from Robert Rodriguez’s 2010 movie Machete as the knife-wielding Mexican ex-Federale agent Machete, who is recruited by the US President (Charlie Sheen, billed under his real name as Carlos Estevez) for a […]

Oct, 07

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