Mel Gibson
Fatman is an exhausting, vile, depressingly boring movie which might have been kinda funny as a skit or short.
Film Inquiry recently spoke with Ian and Eshom Nelms about their latest production, the bloody holiday bash Fatman.
The Professor and the Madman limps out as a woefully half-baked and overcooked spectacle that mistakes reality for relevance.
The Professor and the Madman tells the story of the creation of the Oxford English dictionary, which was put together by a professor and a convicted killer.
In Dragged Across Concrete, two overzealous cops get suspended from the force; they must delve into the criminal underworld to get their just due.
Anchored by three brilliant central performances, Dragged Across Concrete is an interesting, unpredictable movie that zigs when we expect it to zag.
S. Craig Zahler’s loyal cult following will find much to love with Dragged Across Concrete, although first time viewers will find it a difficult watch.
The heart of Daddy’s Home 2 is lost by formulaic tendencies and its overbearing insistence on being funny. It’s no future Christmas classic.
What helps to distinguish Hacksaw Ridge is that, at its core, it is a film that attempts to combine the seemingly contradictory qualities of pacifism and the violence associated with patriotism.
The story of an exemplary man has been paired with a profane filmmaker, forcing everyone to decide yet again if art should be separated from the maker. Advertisements for Hacksaw Ridge have been careful to avoid director Mel Gibson’s name given the damaging things he’s said over the last ten years. He’s largely been shunned by Hollywood during that time, and Hacksaw Ridge seems like a violent but amiable bid for reacceptance.
