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Notebook Reviews: THE CLIENT

Joel Schumacher – 1994. The Client is a handsomely mounted, but disappointingly routine thriller from director Joel Schumacher. This John Grisham adaptation is an improvement on the source material, but you can tell where the plot is heading. [...]

September 25, 2023

Petition To Reinstate The Original Ending To Renny Harlin’s DEEP BLUE SEA

Movies In Focus isn’t one for online petitions – but it has been brought to my attention that there’s a change.org petition to get the original ending of Renny Harlin’s Deep Blue Sea reinstated for some sort of release by Warner Bros. [...]

September 24, 2023

Behind The Scenes: Bruce Willis & Richard Donner On The Set Of 16 BLOCKS

2005’s 16 Blocks is something of an under-appreciated action-thriller from director Richard Donner starring Bruce Willis, Mos Def, and David Morse. A buddy movie of sorts, 16 Blocks feels like the point where Donner’s Lethal Weapon [...]

September 23, 2023

Notebook Reviews: SNATCH

Guy Ritchie – 2000. Guy Ritchie’s Snatch is an enjoyable enough gangster flick. There’s a good cast who deliver some interesting performances – most notably the mighty Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Benicio del Toro and Vinnie [...]

September 23, 2023

DVD Review: SUCCESSION – THE COMPLETE SERIES

Too much hype is a bad thing. It usually means that by the time you get to watch that specific movie or show, you’ve either become sick of hearing about it – or it fails to live up to expectations. Anyone with a passing interest in [...]

September 20, 2023

Trailer: John Carpenter Returns To Directing With SUBURBAN SCREAMS

John Carpenter – the acclaimed Master Of Horror behind The Thing, Halloween and The Fog hasn’t directed since 2010’s The Ward – but that will change once Suburban Screams hits Peacock on October 13. There’s a catch [...]

September 16, 2023

Behind The Scenes: Cary Grant & Alfred Hitchcock On The Set Of NORTH BY NORTHWEST

The great Alfred Hitchcock‘s North By Northwest is one of the finest films ever made. Expertly crafted, the thriller is a brilliant exercise in tension, humour and romance. Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and Martin [...]

September 16, 2023

Competition: Win THE FLASH On Blu-ray

Andy Muschietti’s The Flash is available on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD from 18 September, 2023. To celebrate, Movies In Focus is offering 2 lucky readers the chance to win a copy of the film on Blu-ray. The synopsis; Worlds collide in “The [...]

September 11, 2023

15 Things To Know Before Seeing MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One hits cinema screens around the globe this week. The seventh instalment in the long-running spy franchise once again sees Tom Cruise conduct gravity-defying stunts as intrepid IMF agent Ethan Hunt. [...]

July 5, 2023

THE OUT-LAWS Trailer Has A Great Pierce Brosnan/James Bond Joke

Netflix’s The Out-Laws looks like a fun crime-comedy. Of course, Movies In Focus is already set for the Tyler Spindel-directed flick because it features the mighty Pierce Brosnan – and Ellen Barkin, Michael Rooker and Richard Kind [...]

June 10, 2023

Trailer: Please Allow Me To Introduce Nicolas Cage & Joel Kinnaman In SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL

Love him, loathe him or meme him – there’s no doubting that Nicolas Cage loves to act. The man always seems to have a continuous stream of movies on the way – and his next is Sympathy For The Devil. The pic, a thriller co-starring [...]

June 8, 2023

Trailer: Delve Into The Cinematic World Of Stephen King With KING ON SCREEN

By the looks of it, fans of the mighty Stephen King won’t want to miss Daphné Baiwir’s King On Screen. The documentary looks at the plethora of the literary legend’s screen adaptations from the perspective of the people who made [...]

June 7, 2023

Trailer & Poster: Stallone Takes A Back Seat & Lets Statham Drive The EXPEND4BLES

You won’t find a bigger fan of The Expendables franchise than Movies In Focus. I thought the first film was solid enough, but I think the franchise reached its potential with the second and third instalments. A lot of that had to do with the [...]

June 7, 2023

Competition: Win DC Comics Superhero Movie SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS On Blu-ray

DC Comics superhere hero adventure Shazam! Fury Of The Gods will be available to own on Blu-ray and DVD from 5th June 2023. To celebrate, Movies In Focus is offering 2 lucky readers the chance to win a copy of the film on Blu-ray Shazam! Fury of [...]

May 29, 2023