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Trailer For ’50s B-Movie Homage ANOTHER PLAN FROM OUTER SPACE

Movies In Focus has a special love of old horror and sci-fi movies. The beauty of old movies is that time is a great equaliser, and a low budget films probably don’t look quite as bad as they did when they were first released. Another Plan [...]

April 5, 2020

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Has Great Special Effects Which Still Hold-Up

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back is not only the best film in the Star Wars saga, but it’s also one the the finest movies ever made. It’s a flawless piece of filmmaking on every level. Irvin Kershner’s 1980 follow-up to [...]

April 5, 2020

The Great TROLLS Test

Not only has the coronavirus pandemic had a devastating impact on the entire world, but it’s also had serious impact on the entertainment industry. Movie release dates have been cancelled and postponed as cinemas around the world shutter to [...]

April 4, 2020

Notebook Reviews: ALMOST FAMOUS

Cameron Crowe – 2000 Almost Famous is the film which could very well be Cameron Crowe’s masterpiece (it’s also an incredible follow-up to Jerry Maguire). A fantastic script and top-notch soundtrack loaded with great music make this [...]

April 4, 2020

Competition: Win KNIGHT RIDER – THE COMPLETE COLLECTION On DVD

Fabulous Films Ltd/Fremantle Media is releasing all 90 episodes of classic ’80s TV show Knight Rider on DVD 27 April 2020. To celebrate, Movies In Focus is giving away a box-set of the David Hasselhoff series to one lucky reader of the site. [...]

April 3, 2020

Notebook Reviews: UNBREAKABLE

M. Night Shyamalan – 2000 Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan follows-up his masterful 1999 release The Sixth Sense with another first rate film. Unbreakable has a great cast and a great script, which make this an unmissable piece of [...]

April 3, 2020

Meeting Your Hero: Tim Burton & Vincent Price On The Set Of EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

Tim Burton‘s Edward Scissorhands is probably the most Tim Burton-y movie that the director has ever made. Danny Elfman score – check. Johnny Depp – check. German Expressionism visuals – check. Plot about a misunderstood [...]

April 3, 2020

Competition: Win A Blu-ray & Poster For Richard Stanley’s Nicolas Cage Starrer COLOR OUT OF SPACE

Studiocanal is releasing the Nicolas Cage starring H.P. Lovecraft sci-fi/horror Color Out Of Space on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital on 6 April 2020 To celebrate the release, Movies In Focus is offering two lucky readers the chance to win a blu-ray [...]

April 2, 2020

Trailer For Action Zombie Sequel TRAIN TO PRESENTS: PENINSULA

Movies In Focus called 2016’s Train To Busan ‘the best zombie movie since Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later’. The South Korean horror followed a father and daughter struggling to get to Busan by train in the middle of a zombie [...]

April 2, 2020

Richard Stanley’s Bonkers Nicolas Cage Movie COLOR OUT OF SPACE Is Coming Home

Movie-making mavericks Richard Stanley and Nicolas Cage teamed for the bonkers H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, Color Out Of Space. In a strange way, its the perfect film to watch considering everything that is going on in the world at the moment. The [...]

April 2, 2020

The BASTERDS Have Landed

Movies In Focus revisited Quentin Tarantino‘s 2009 film Inglorious Bastards for the first time in maybe eight or nine years. I remembered the two big stand-out scenes – the opening sequence and the tavern stand-off and they both hold-up [...]

April 2, 2020

Catch-Up On Your Classic Films With THE FILM DETECTIVE

At the moment most people are either in some sort of lockdown or self-isolating. The days are long, so that makes it the ideal time to finally catch-up on those movies which you never got around to watching. A great way to do this is through The [...]

April 2, 2020

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