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Ari Aster’s MIDSOMMAR Proves That Horror Is A Serious Business

Writer/director Ari Aster’s Midsommar is a mind-bending, genre-defying piece of cinema. Yes, superficially the 2019 release has all the traits of a horror film, but Aster’s movie is much more than that (I won’t use the phrase [...]

July 5, 2020

Game Over! On Set Images Of Steven Spielberg Making READY PLAYER ONE

If anyone was going to direct an adaption of Ernest Cline’s Ready Play One then it had to be Steven Spielberg. Cline’s book is a love letter to ’80s movies and pop culture and Spielberg produced and directed some of the decade’s most iconic [...]

July 5, 2020

When WILD WILD WEST Almost Derailed Will Smith’s Career

Wicki- Wicki- Wild Wild West. Director Barry Sonnenfeld’s Wild Wild West was seen as the sure fire hit of the summer of 1999 (well, alongside Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace). Will Smith, July 4th Weekend and a bucket load of CGI. The [...]

July 4, 2020

Lockdown Viewing Recommendation: Burt Lancaster & Michael York In The 1977 Adaptation Of H.G. Wells’ THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU

One of the very few good things to come out of the seemingly never-ending lockdown caused by the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic is the opportunity to watch a variety of different films. One title you might want to check-out is this 1977 screen [...]

July 3, 2020

Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman In Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT

Eyes Wide Shut was the late Stanley Kubrick’s final film. Two years in production, it caused much controversy on its release due to the sexually explicit scenes contained in the film. The 1999 release stars the then-married Tom Cruise and Nicole [...]

July 3, 2020

Tom Cruise Still Has All The Right Movies

The mighty Tom Cruise’s boyish charm helped propel him to superstardom in the 1980s. He parlayed that success into working with Hollywood’s top directors (Steven Spielberg, Tony Scott, Brian DePalma, Robert Redford, Oliver Stone) starring a [...]

July 3, 2020

The Time Arnold Schwarzenegger Fought Satan In 1999’s END OF DAYS

The end of the last millennium saw a huge amount of nihilistic horror and science fiction films hit movie screens. A really good one of these was Peter Hyams’s Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner 1999 End of Days. The film was Schwarzenegger’s [...]

July 1, 2020

Watch George Lucas’ Sci-Fi Short Film ELECTRONIC LABYRINTH: THX 1138 4EB

The great George Lucas wrote and directed Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138 4EB while he was still a student at the University of Southern California’s film school. Made in 1967, the science fiction short film would form the basis of his 1971 [...]

July 1, 2020

Gordon’s Alive! Celebrate The 40th Anniversary Of FLASH GORDON In Style

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Mike Hodges’ cult classic Flash Gordon in style with this cracking looking new release from Studiocanal. Hodges’ Flash Gordon is a wonderfully executed piece of science fiction cinema which has become a cult [...]

July 1, 2020

Trailer & Poster: Real Life Father/Son Duo Liam Neeson & Micheál Richardson Are MADE IN ITALY

Real-life father and son duo Liam Neeson and Micheál Richardson star in the forthcoming comedic-drama Made In Italy. The pic is the directorial debut of actor James D’Arcy. This looks like an enjoyable little film, with a good feel and solid [...]

July 1, 2020

It’s A NeverEnding Story: Get Ready For LIFE AFTER ATREYU

Movies In Focus has had word from director Lisa Downs about Life After Atreyu – the third film in her Life After series. The film follows on from the retrospective documentaries Life After Flash and the forthcoming Life After Navigator. [...]

July 1, 2020

Lockdown Viewing Recommendation: Ken Loach’s Powerful Drama I, DANIEL BLAKE

A lot of people are expanding their movie viewing during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 shutdown. If you’re looking for something different, then you might want to check-out Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake. Loach’s film is a blistering drama that [...]

June 30, 2020

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