Samuel Brace on the four best faith-based films of the 21st Century so far… With the Easter weekend, many film fans and movie lovers will be assessing which faith-based films they would like to consume over the period. History is riddled with excellent offerings, but for this particular article, I thought it prudent to run […]
Hacksaw Ridge and our attitude towards violence
Henry Bevan on Hacksaw Ridge and our attitude towards violence… A ultra-violent pacifist movie. That’s the oxymoron greeting you when you watch Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson’s film about Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a conscientious objector involved in the Battle of Okinawa. The film is open to multiple readings. Some are obvious, with Doss’s comparison with […]
Oscars: And the winners of the 89th Academy Awards are…
Let’s address the elephant in the room: there was Steve Harvey-reminiscent chaos last night during the Best Picture announcement at the Academy Awards as La La Land was somehow announced as receiving the Oscar… only for producer Jordan Horowitz to correct the mistake midway through his acceptance speech when he revealed that Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight […]
Blu-ray Review – Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge, 2016. Directed by Mel Gibson. Starring Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn. SYNOPSIS: The World War II movie Hacksaw Ridge, which tells the story of a conscientious objector, Desmond Doss, who achieved heroic feats on the battlefield as a medic despite not carrying a […]
Do You Care About the Personal Opinions of Filmmakers and Film Stars?
Samuel Brace on separating art from the artist… When viewing a movie, or TV show for that matter, what takes precedent inside your head? Is it how good the film is? How much you liked it? Or is it your opinion of the person that made the film? It’s easy to look at a movie […]
Movie Review – Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge. 2016. Directed by Mel Gibson. Starring Andrew Garfield, Hugo Weaving, Vince Vaughn, Teresa Palmer, and Sam Worthington. SYNOPSIS: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. No […]
Vince Vaughn to star in Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge
Deadline is reporting that Vince Vaughn (True Detective) has signed on to appear in the upcoming war drama Hacksaw Ridge, which is to be directed by Mel Gibson (Apocalypto) and also has Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Sam Worthington (Avatar) attached to star. Hacksaw Ridge will tell the story of Desmond Doss (Garfield), the […]
Mel Gibson to direct Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge
Mel Gibson is looking to get back behind the camera for the first time since 2006’s Apocalypto, with Deadline revealing that he’s in talks to direct Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) in the World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge. The project – which has been in development for more than a decade – will tell […]
