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DVD Review: Get Lost In Space With Sci-Fi Thriller BLACK BOX

Back in 2014, director Angel Delgado showed huge promise with his feature film debut, Brothers’ Day. The gritty crime thriller shone a light on the gang culture which prevails across England. For his follow-up film Black Box, Delgado has opted for [...]

May 29, 2021

Closed Competition: Win Sci-Fi Thriller BLACK BOX On DVD

Movies In Focus was hugely impressed with Angel Delgado‘s brilliant science fiction thriller Black Box, calling it ‘a tremendous feat in low budget filmmaking‘. 101 Films is releasing the film on DVD in the UK on 31 May 2021 [...]

May 29, 2021

Sci-Fi Thriller BLACK BOX Gets A DVD Release From 101 Films

Movies In Focus was hugely impressed with Angel Delgado‘s Black Box when I caught it last year, calling it ‘a tremendous feat in low budget filmmaking‘. Here’s the synopsis: Marcus is the only survivor of a space accident in an [...]

May 24, 2021

Blu-ray Review: 101 Films Gives Cult Horror SPOOKIES A Phenomenal Release Package

Film: Blu-ray: Spookies is a horror film which has attained cult status over the years for all the wrong reasons. After arguments with producer and funder Michael Lee, writer/directors Brendan Faulkner and Thomas Doran and co-writer and [...]

April 18, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Willard Huyck’s HOWARD THE DUCK

Howard the Duck is an iconic film. The problem being that it is an iconic film for all the wrong reasons. Released in 1986, Howard (which is based on a 1970s Marvel Comic) had a huge budget, it was produced by Star Wars mastermind George Lucas and [...]

March 25, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Aaron Harvey’s THE NEIGHBOUR

A slow burning domestic thriller, Aaron Harvey’s The Neighbour (also known as The Neighbor and Last Days Of Summer) is a tense little movie with a captivating central performance from William Fichtner. It’s not one for the ADD crowd, but [...]

January 20, 2021

Blu-ray Review: BRAIN DEAD Is A Quirky Cult Horror Classic From Director Adam Simon

Director Adam Simon‘s Brain Dead is a gloriously mind-bending delight. A brain-scratcher of a psychological horror, the 1990 film is gory, funny and weirdly complex – especially considering it comes from legendary schlockmeister Roger [...]

September 17, 2020

101 Films Unleashes Cult Horror BRAIN DEAD ON Blu-ray

The mighty 101 Films will release Adam Simon’s Brain Dead on blu-ray for the first time on 28 September 2020. The 1990 cult horror stars Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton and Bud Cort. Based on a story from The Twilight Zone writer Charles Beaumont, [...]

August 14, 2020

Blu-ray Review: SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE Is A Fun & Energetic Sci-Fi Tale

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is a 1983 Star Wars/Mad Max style science fiction film with a tremendous amount of energy and ingenuity. It’s derivative, but there’s plenty of fun to be had if you accept this Ivan Reitman [...]

March 26, 2020

Closed Competition: Win Tom Selleck Sci-Fi Thriller RUNAWAY On Blu-ray

101 Films released the 1983 Tom Selleck sci-fi thriller Runaway on blu-ray in the UK for the first time on 2 March 2020. Movies In Focus is celebrating the release of this 1984 Michael Crichton directed film by giving away a copy of the [...]

March 11, 2020

Closed Competition: Win 1980s Sci-Fi SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE On Blu-ray

101 Films released Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone on blu-ray in the UK for the first time on 2 March 2020. Movies In Focus is celebrating the release of this 1983 sci-fi adventure by giving away a copy of the blu-ray to a lucky reader [...]

March 11, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Jamie Lee Curtis Is The Final Girl In 1980 Slasher Horror PROM NIGHT

The box office success of John Carpenter’s Halloween in 1978 led to a slew of slasher films throughout the 1980s. Paul Lynch’s Prom Night is probably one of the first to follow in the heels of Carpenter’s classic. Like Halloween, Prom Night [...]

November 28, 2019

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: SUSPIRIA, SKINNER, THE DARK HALF, MIDSOMMAR, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS & THE QUEST

This time around: Dakota Johnson feels like dancing in the remake of Suspiria, Ted Raimi is Skinner, Stephen King and George A. Romero tackle The Dark Half, we learn that Godzilla is King of The Monsters, Florence Pugh gets caught-up in a [...]

October 21, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Is The George Lucas Produced HOWARD THE DUCK Really A Turkey?

April 26, 2019

Review: William Fichtner Is Captivating In THE NEIGHBOUR

A slow burning domestic thriller, Aaron Harvey’s The Neighbour is a tense little movie with a captivating central performance from William Fichtner. It’s not one for the ADD crowd, but those willing to go along with it will be rewarded for their [...]

November 5, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Walter Hill’s Forgotten Actioner TRESPASS Gets Fully Loaded

In 1992 Walter Hill took a dusty old script written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis and transformed it into an action-packed contemporary version of The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre. That script was called The Looters, but a post Rodney King world [...]

October 2, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Paul Verhoeven’s WWII Thriller BLACK BOOK

After Hollow Man in 2000, director Paul Verhoeven turned his back on Hollywood and returned to Europe to make Black Book. This WWII thriller is a wonderfully executed piece, which sees future Game Of Thrones star Carice van Houten playing a former [...]

September 2, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Brian Bosworth Stars In STONE COLD – A Perfect Beer & Pizza Movie

A gloriously over-the-top action thriller from 1991, Stone Cold is a relic from a time when silliness was embraced by Hollywood and dumb didn’t necessarily have to go hand in hand with dire. Former American footballer Brian Bosworth is John Stone, [...]

June 6, 2016

DVD Review: BROTHERS Is A Well Crafted Crime Drama

Brothers is a low budget British drama set within Manchester’s criminal underworld. Director Angel Delgado’s film transcends its financial limitations to be a well crafted thriller which is as much a document detailing the thriving criminality [...]

April 12, 2016

DVD Review: VAMPIRES Isn’t A Bloodless Low Budget Horror Movie

Vampire movies have been with cinema since its inception. Good, bad and indifferent, there have been so many over the years that you sometimes can’t even tell if the next one will be great or a total waste of time. It’s a difficult horror [...]

December 6, 2015