Jeffrey Overstreet
  • Home
  • About
  • Journal
  • Overstweets
  • On Movies
  • On Music
  • Overstreet’s Books
  • Interviews
  • The Book of Wisdom
Sign in Subscribe
On Movies & Media

Mark Shea considers the Mel Gibson debacle

  • Jeffrey Overstreet

Jeffrey Overstreet

12 Oct 2006
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Mel Gibson • Mark Shea

Were we seeing "the real Mel Gibson" when he went on his drunken rampage?

In The National Catholic Register, Mark Shea takes this question and runs with it... pointing out all kinds of truth along the way.

First impressions of The End of Oak Street

First impressions of The End of Oak Street

The End of Oak Street is a big, dumb, unpretentious good time.
18 Aug 2026 6 min read
First impressions of The Odyssey — Part Two: What does this movie love?

First impressions of The Odyssey — Part Two: What does this movie love?

In Part Two of my reflections on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, I consider what Nolan’s movie does well... and what it “loves.”
15 Aug 2026 12 min read
First impressions of The Samurai and the Prisoner

First impressions of The Samurai and the Prisoner

At the end of 2026, you’ll find Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 16th century murder mystery ranking highly on my favorites list — and probably high on many other critics’ lists as well.
09 Aug 2026 6 min read
Jeffrey Overstreet © 2026
  • Sign up
  • Favorite Recordings, Year by Year
Powered by Ghost