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Watch The First 6 Minutes Of Kenneth Branagh’s Brilliant BELFAST

Opening with a sumptuous montage of modern day Belfast, set to the strains of Van Morrison’s song Down To Joy, Kenneth Branagh’s regular cinematographer, Haris Zambarloukos, switches to luscious monochrome as we fall back into the [...]

February 10, 2022

Review: Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST Is Heartfelt And Emotionally Powerful

A wondrously nostalgic look at his childhood, Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is a heartfelt and emotionally powerful piece of cinema. Branagh has crafted a film where whimsy and realism sit side-by-side so the viewer can visit a Belfast which is as [...]

January 24, 2022

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

Review: Sci-Fi Thriller BLACK BOX Is A Tremendous Feat In Low Budget Filmmaking

July 22, 2020

Oscars 2019: The Winners At The 91st Academy Awards

In the end there were no real surprises at the 91st Academy Awards – only disappointments. The awards were pretty much spread evenly across all the likely candidates, but there will be gripes, complaints and arguments about nearly all winners [...]

February 25, 2019

Movies In Focus At The 2019 BAFTA Film Awards And The Full Winners List

Sunday 10 February 2019 saw the film industry descend on London’s Royal Albert Hall for the 2019 EE British Academy Film Awards. Movies In Focus once again attended the event, working the red carpet before taking a seat inside the auditorium [...]

February 11, 2019

Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA Is A Soulful Cinematic Prayer

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is a soulful cinematic prayer. It’s an open letter which embraces and reverences childhood, class struggles and politics. It’s also a sweetly composed film – one which lulls you into its power, before hitting you [...]

January 28, 2019

BAFTA 2019: Nominations For The EE British Academy Film Awards

The Favourite would appear to be the favourite at the 2019 EE BAFTAs. Yorgos Lanthimo’s film is nominated in 12 categories – including Best Film, Outstanding British Film and Original [...]

January 9, 2019

Official Trailer For Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is a true passion project for its writer-director. The Netflix pic looks like a beautifully composed drama – and you’d have to be dead inside not to be absorbed by that luscious black and white photography. [...]

November 13, 2018

Teaser Trailer For Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA

You know that Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is going to deliver. Big time. A retreat from the cinematic bombast of 2013’s oscar-winning hit Gravity, Roma might be a personal drama, but the visuals are still strong (look at that Black and White [...]

August 18, 2018