As an admitted word geek I often find the origin of English words to be fascinating. Take the word “passion,” for example. It’s a common word that we read, hear and use frequently in various forms.

When "The Passion of the Christ" became a sensation in 2004 — it remains the top-grossing Christian movie of all time — some viewers struggled with the film's violence and its sole use of Aramaic, ...

In the powerful movie, The Passion of the Christ, chronicling the end of Christ’s life, Jim Caviezel delivers a nuanced, moody performance that doesn’t deny Jesus’ humanity. It helped that Caviezel is ...

This is a movie review, not a screed on why Mel Gibson’s film version of the last twelve hours of Christ is offensive to Jews, a sop to the Christian right and a selective reading of the Bible. We’ll ...

Mel Gibson's Easter movie beat Guillermo Del Toro's superhero in 2004, and forced all major studios to reconsider faith-based audiences. In 2004, Easter fell on the second weekend of April. It ...

Mel Gibson just gave a major update to his long-awaited sequel to his 2004 blockbuster The Passion of the Christ. Speaking on Joe Rogan’s podcast Thursday, the actor-director says he plans to begin ...

The production company co-founded by Christo Jivkov said in a statement, "Wе are truly devastated by this untimed loss. We will never forget you" Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Christo Jivkov, the ...

Passion Plays - the dramatic representations of the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ - began in medieval Europe as a way to teach a largely illiterate population the biblical story.

Rated R for sequences of graphic violence. Starring James Caviezel. Directed by Mel Gibson. In Latin and Aramaic with English subtitles. 118 minutes. Playing at Park Place, El Con, Century Park, ...