Posts Tagged ‘Payback’
Mad Mel is Back: Review “Edge of Darkness”
“Edge of Darkness” is the first film featuring a now middle aged 80s superstar in an action role to actually work. Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis, and Sylvester Stallone’s recent attempts to revitalize their old franchises ended up leaving several bad tastes in our mouths. Now my problems with those films were never the actors. It was that the circumstances they found themselves in were increasingly ridiculous. Needless to say you won’t see a superhuman Gibson repeating all his old catchphrases in this film. This time it’s just a hard broiled cop out for revenge and kicking ass. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s the 27th Episode of The Filmdogs Podcast and it’s one you won’t forget. We take on new projects from Ben Affleck and Mel Gibson, while also discussing the upcoming Alien Prequel and The Hobbit‘s Greenlight in the News. Then in our Overlooked Film segment we bring to light Matthew Vaughn‘s 2007 fantasy flick Stardust. For our Featured Topic of the Week it’s DVD Wars. A discussion of how movie studios have, and continue to screw fans with home video releases. In closing we focus on a One-Liner from the Johnny Depp and Al Pacino starring Donnie Brasco. It a jammed packed episode, listen in today!
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