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Movies In Focus Selects The Top 10 Kevin Costner Films

Movies In Focus readers will know that I’m a huge fan of the mighty Kevin Costner – I even had the pleasure of meeting him on the set of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Therefore it was an absolute joy to join the The Top 10 Of Anything [...]

March 8, 2023

Behind The Scenes: Ivan Reitman, Kevin Costner & Ellen Burstyn On The Set Of DRAFT DAY

2014’s Draft Day is the type of film rarely made by studios today – a glossy talky effort for grown-ups. The comedy and drama in Draft Day comes from the situations and the characters as the pressure mounts on the busiest day in the NFL. [...]

February 15, 2022

Kevin Costner – The Last Of The Hollywood Cowboys

Born on the 18 January, 1955, Kevin Costner was an avid film fan who up in California. Fascinated by epic westerns such as Red River and How the West Was Won, he dreamed of being cowboy (a dream that would be fulfilled many years later). Following [...]

January 18, 2022

Notebook Reviews: FOR LOVE OF THE GAME

Sam Raimi – 1999 For Love Of The Game is a major change of pace for horror director Sam Raimi. This baseball drama sees Kevin Costner excel as the ageing player forced to chose between his love for his girlfriend (Kelly Preston) and his love [...]

August 19, 2021

An Appreciation Of Sam Raimi’s Baseball Drama FOR LOVE OF THE GAME Starring Kevin Costner

There’s something about Sam Raimi’s For Love of the Game that got under my skin when I first saw it way back in 1999. It might have been the brilliant score from the great Basil Poledouris or Kevin Costner’s performance as ageing baseball [...]

September 6, 2020

20 Years Later: 1999 Was One Of The Greatest Film Years Ever!

Sometimes the stars just align and greatness arrives all at once. Maybe it was because a lot of great filmmakers hit their stride (David Fincher, M.Night Shymalan, Spike Jonze etc) or just pre-millennium fear, but 1999 saw a lot of great movies land [...]

January 3, 2019

DVD Review: DRAFT DAY Is A Sports Movie With Kevin Costner – The Only Reason You Need To Watch It

Kevin Costner is the king of sports movies having starred in Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and For Love of The Game. Draft Day is his first cinematic sport excursion away from America’s favourite pastime into the world of the NFL. This Ivan [...]

February 15, 2015

1999: A Movie Year In Review (Part Two)

Welcome to Part 2 of our 1999 Movie Retrospective. The final year of the last century was one hell of a cinematic ride and it offered some outstanding films for lovers of cinema. Now be aware that this is not a definitive list of the films released [...]

May 15, 2012