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Posts Tagged "Mel Gibson"

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Pocahontas **** (1995, voices of Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers) Classic Movie Review 2222

Directors Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg’s double-Oscar-winning 1995 Walt Disney animated feature tells the feminist cartoon tale of the Native American young woman Pocahontas (voice of Irene Bedard; singing voice of Judy Kuhn), whose life […]

Feb, 28

Chicken Run ***** (2000, voice of Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Tony Haygarth, Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Phil Daniels, Timothy Spall) – Classic Movie Review 1,558

Producer/story-writer/directors Nick Park and Peter Lord’s adorable 2000 Aardman film feature-length animation film Chicken Run stars the voice of Mel Gibson as Rocky Rhodes, the Rhode Island rooster. This lovely, adorable, delightfully funny smash-hit British animated […]

Aug, 17

The Expendables 3 ** (2014, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mel Gibson, Kelsey Grammer, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas) – Movie Review

Sylvester Stallone is back as Barney Ross in the 2014 action film sequel The Expendables 3, also starring Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mel Gibson, Kelsey Grammer, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, and […]

Aug, 07

Maverick *** (1994, Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner) – Classic Movie Review 1460

Mel Gibson stars as the reincarnation of TV’s famed 1957-62 card-playing gambler Bret Maverick in director Richard Donner’s breezy, likeable and entertaining 1994 comedy Western. Maverick needs an additional $3000 to enter a Winner Take All poker […]

Jul, 21

Hamlet *** (1990, Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Ian Holm, Alan Bates) – Classic Movie Review 1294

Co-writer/director Franco Zeffirelli’s 1990 Shakespeare movie has an unexpected star in Mel Gibson, who personifies the much-tormented Prince of Denmark lustily and honourably, giving a strong, earnest performance. It was a brave thing to do since Gibson’s only […]

Jun, 05

We Were Soldiers **** (2002, Mel Gibson, Chris Klein, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear) – Classic Movie Review 1141

Writer-director Randall Wallace’s 2002 release stars Mel Gibson, who arms up for this raw, gung-ho Vietnam War film, in which he stars as real-life Lt Col Hal Moore, who leads an American force into ‘Nam […]

Apr, 23

The Patriot **** (2000, Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs, Joely Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 1139

In director Roland Emmerich’s grand, glossy, epic-scale 2000 American War of Independence adventure drama, Mel Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, a peace-loving American reluctantly swept into the American Revolutionary War when his family is threatened. It’s shamefully unhistorical, […]

Apr, 23

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