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Behind The Scenes: James Cameron Directs James Remar As Hicks On The Set Of ALIENS

This behind-the-scenes photograph from the set of Aliens show James Cameron directing James Remar. The actor was originally cast as Hicks in the 1986 Alien sequel, but he was replaced by Michael Biehn after a few days of filming. The official reason [...]

August 3, 2022

Get Ready For Hunting Season: Teaser For Predator Prequel PREY

20th Century Studios has announced that Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator prequel, Prey is coming to US screens via Hulu on 5 August 2002. The news comes alongside a 45 second teaser trailer which lets us know that the franchise is going in a very [...]

May 16, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s THE FOG

After taking a break from horror to make Elvis in 1979, John Carpenter returned to the genre with The Fog, an atmospheric ghost story set in the fictional Californian town of Antonio Bay. When The Fog starts rolling-in, so does the crew of [...]

October 15, 2021

First Titles Announced For 2021 MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL

After 2020’s COVID-19 caused Skeleton Edition, the Mayhem Film Festival is once again set to return to Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema for a full-length festival. The 17th Mayhem will deliver a devilish mix of different genre films over the [...]

August 14, 2021

Watch The STRANGER THINGS Season 4 Teaser

It’s likely that fans have been clamouring for something (anything) Stranger Things related. Well, that comes now in the form of this new teaser which shows…very little new footage. You just get quick snippets – the most [...]

August 6, 2021

Behind The Scenes: David Fincher Faces The Xenomorph On The Set Of ALIEN 3

Topping Aliens was never going to be easy. James Cameron took Ridley Scott’s 1979 film and turned it up to eleven and upped the threat – the first Alien was a horror movie, and Cameron made an action picture with Vietnam undertones. This [...]

June 2, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Alexandre O. Philippe’s MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN

Along with George Lucas’ Star Wars in 1977, Alien helped redefine the science fiction genre when it was released in 1979. Ridley Scott’s film was a bleak, lived-in look at the genre, a film which took a real world aesthetic and crafted [...]

May 20, 2021

Podcast – Episode 3: Actor/Director Ruben Pla Talks About ALIEN, JAWS & THE EXORCIST

Ruben Pla is an actor with over 65 credits on IMDB. A character actor who has been working for a long time, Pla has had a wide variety of roles in television and film, appearing in everything from shows like CSI: Miami to iconic genre movies like [...]

April 17, 2021

Names Is For Tombstones, Baby

The great Yaphet Kotto has passed away at the age of 81. The American actor was a powerful supporting player, injecting his presence into every film and television in which he appeared. Stand-out film roles include Live And Let Die (1973), Blue [...]

March 16, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Johannes Roberts’ STORAGE 24

Take a measure of John Carpenter mixed spice (The Thing, Assault On Precinct 13), add a touch of Alien, a pinch of Shaun of the Dead and a smidgen of Die Hard, bring to the boil and rest. Now, get ready to serve-up Storage 24. Director Johannes [...]

March 6, 2021

Notebook Reviews: ALIEN RESURRECTION

Jean-Pierre Jeunet – 1997 Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Alien Resurrection is a solid entry into the Alien franchise. It’s better than Alien 3, but nowhere near as good as Alien or Aliens. The cast is good and they all do good work, but [...]

February 23, 2021

Review: Sci-Fi Thriller BREACH Starring Bruce Willis & Thomas Jane Is Enjoyable Dumb Fun

You’ll enjoy Breach if you ignore the derivative nature of the film’s plot and check your brain at the door. Directed by John Suits, this sci-fi/horror/thriller hybrid owes a massive debt to Ridley Scott’s Alien and John [...]

December 13, 2020

New PREDATOR Movie From 10 Cloverfield Lane Director Dan Trachtenberg

Do we need a new Predator film? No. However, you can’t keep a good franchise down. News has broke that 20th Century Studios has hired 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg to dust-off the intergalactic dreadlocks and direct the fifth [...]

November 21, 2020

Trailer: Alien ‘Inspired’ BREACH Starring Bruce Willis & Thomas Jane Looks Like Fun

Like many, Movies In Focus has been disappointed by much of Bruce Willis‘ output in recent years. But I have to admit that Breach looks like a lot of fun. It’s not going to win any awards, but it might just make for an enjoyable 90 minutes. A [...]

November 15, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Billy O’Brien’s SCINTILLA

Scintilla (also known as The Hybrid) shows once again that you don’t need a mega budget to deliver a captivating science fiction feature. Writer/director Billy O’Brien’s film may not break new ground in a narrative sense, but it works as a [...]

October 29, 2020

Notebook Reviews: VIRUS

John Bruno – 1999 Virus is a highly derivative sci-fi/horror which hardly breaks new ground – but having said that, it’s schlocky B-movie fun. A cross between Alien, Terminator and Deep Rising, the film is directed by former [...]

September 22, 2020

Trailer For Ridley Scott’s HBO Max Series RAISED BY WOLVES

When he’s not cranking out movies at an amazingly regular rate, 82 year old Ridley Scott also dabbles in producing television series. His latest is Raised By Wolves, a new sci-fi series which will debut on HBO Max. Scott helmed the first [...]

August 6, 2020

How Ridley Scott Got It Wrong With PROMETHEUS

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus begins with the birth of mankind, in an over-blown prologue which sets the tone for things to come. We then cut to Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway (Noomi Rapace and Logan Marshall-Green) who discover a map left [...]

June 18, 2020

Review: Fans Of Alien Will Burst Their Chests With Love For MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN

Along with Star Wars, Alien helped redefine the science fiction genre when it was released in 1979. Ridley Scott’s film was a bleak, lived-in look at the genre, a film which took a real world aesthetic and crafted a film which combines sci-fi, [...]

September 17, 2019

In Space No One Can See Your Screen: Trailer For MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN

Few films have continued to endure over the last 40 years quite like Alien. Ridley Scott‘s film has entered the movie lexicon on how to deliver science fiction and horror. Apart from James Cameron’s follow-up, none of the sequels or [...]

August 18, 2019

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