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Review: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE – Way Better Than It Deserves To Be

For over 20 years Hollywood tried and failed to make a new film version of Mattel’s Masters Of The Universe. The 1987 Cannon film with Dolph Lundgren didn’t exactly set the world on fire back in the day (although it plays better now than it [...]

September 7, 2026

A picture of every official James Bond actor.

It’s Official: The Search Is On For The New James Bond

It looks like things are finally beginning to ramp-up on the James Bond front. All has been quiet since Denis Villeneuve was announced as director last year, as well as Amy Pascal and David Heyman signing on to produce with a screenplay from Steven [...]

May 15, 2026

Review: Take Flight With Wings Documentary PAUL McCARTNEY: MAN ON THE RUN

Most people would probably be right in thinking that there’s hardly any new information to be uncovered as people continue to try to unpick the history of The Beatles. At this stage, we’re probably looking at tens of millions of articles, books, [...]

March 23, 2026

Talking About The Future Of James Bond With At The Flicks

If you know me – or you read Movies In Focus – then you’ll be aware that I’m a big fan of the James Bond franchise. My love of the James Bond movies goes back so far that I can’t even remember watching a Bond film for the first [...]

January 4, 2026

Mark Wahlberg & LaKeith Stanfield in the poster for Play Dirty

Trailer: Mark Wahlberg & LaKeith Stanfield In Shane Black’s PLAY DIRTY

Very few people working in movies today possess the sheer word dexterity of Shane Black. Black’s work as a screenwriter speaks for itself – Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Nice Guys [...]

August 26, 2025

Courting Success: Trailer For Ben Affleck’s Nike Drama AIR Starring Matt Damon

Air is a new comedy-drama based on the true-life tale of how Nike’s Sonny Vaccaro signed basketball player Michael Jordan for the iconic Air Jordan shoe. Directed by Ben Affleck, Air stars Matt Damon as Vaccaro, Jason Bateman, Chris [...]

February 9, 2023

Teaser Trailer: Ben Affleck & Ana de Armas Star In Adrian Lyne’s DEEP WATER

Thriller aficionados have been eagerly awaiting the release of Adrian Lyne’s new film Deep Water. The erotic thriller is Lyne’s first film in 20 years and it sounds like it will fit perfectly beside his previous marriage in peril movies [...]

February 14, 2022

New Poster George Clooney’s THE TENDER BAR Starring Ben Affleck

Here’s the latest piece of artwork for Amazon Studio’s forthcoming drama, The Tender Bar. The film sees George Clooney and Ben Affleck reunite for the first time following the success of 2012’s Argo. Affleck directed and [...]

November 20, 2021

Trailer & Poster: George Clooney’s THE TENDER BAR Starring Ben Affleck

George Clooney returns to the director’s chair to deliver The Tender Bar, a new coming of age drama starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Christopher Lloyd, Lily Rabe and Daniel Ranieri. Based on J.R. Moehringer’s Pulitzer Prize winning [...]

October 14, 2021

Powerful Trailer For Val Kilmer Documentary VAL

From when he first came to prominence in the 1980s, Val Kilmer has always been an actor who was difficult to pin down. From Real Genius and Top Secret! to Top Gun, The Doors and Batman Forever and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Kilmer has always made [...]

July 7, 2021

RED ONE: Dwayne Johnson Represents Everything Wrong With Modern Cinema

Dwayne Johnson seems like a nice guy. Johnson is personable in interviews and he has a charismatic screen presence – but unfortunately he makes junk. Films like Jumanji: The Next Level, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, Skyscraper, [...]

June 29, 2021

Documentary VAL Set To Explore The Life & Career Of The Mighty Val Kilmer

The mighty Val Kilmer is set to be the focus of a new documentary titled, Val which was produced by A24 and acquired by Amazon Studios in the U.S. and Latin America. A24 will distribute the film throughout the rest of the world and there are [...]

May 28, 2021

Amazon Set To Buy MGM For $8.45 Billion

It’s been speculated for quite some time, but now it’s official – Amazon is set to buy the famed film studio, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) for $8.45 Billion. MGM is a big purchase by Amazon, and it will give the company a major [...]

May 26, 2021

Tedious Teaser For THE TOMORROW WAR

This teaser trailer for The Tomorow War is only 30 seconds long and you know exactly how the movie is going to shake-out. More over-reaching slam-bam action and CGI. I find Chris Pratt‘s (on and off) screen persona tedious and I feel that [...]

May 1, 2021

Review: Andrea Bræin Hovig & Stellan Skarsgård Star In Maria Sødahl’s Stunning HOPE

Hope is a semi-autobiographical piece of cinema from writer-director Maria Sødahl. The Norwegian filmmaker’s last film was 2011’s Limbo and Sødahl took a long hiatus following its release after she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Hope is [...]

April 13, 2021

Book Review: Gabriel Campisi’s THE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER’S GUIDE TO THE NEW HOLLYWOOD – SUCCESS IN THE ERA OF NETFLIX AND STREAMING VIDEO

The way in which we watch entertainment today is totally different than it was ten, or even five years ago. Streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max have made it easy for us to consume more film and television than ever before [...]

April 5, 2021

Trailer For Regina King’s ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI – The Best Film Of The Year

Movies In Focus caught Regina King’s One Night Miami at the London Film Festival – and it’s brilliant. I said that ‘One Night In Miami is a near flawless adaptation of Kemp Powers’ (fictional) play which sees Malcolm X, [...]

November 19, 2020

The Only Way Is King Conan: Netflix Developing CONAN THE BARBARIAN Series

Pray to Crom! Netflix is currently developing a series based on Robert E. Howard’s Conan The Barbarian. Fredrik Malmberg and Mark Wheeler’s Pathfinder Media is behind the show which is part of a larger deal for the exclusive rights to the [...]

October 1, 2020

There’s No Going Back: SVOD Grows In The Post COVID-19 World

The stats don’t lie. The COVID-19 pandemic saw a huge spike in people using SVOD during lockdown and it seems like the numbers are continuing to stay high now that lockdown has started to ease. With a lot of cinemas still closed, it would [...]

August 16, 2020

Review: Claustrophobic Joseph Gordon-Levitt Thriller 7500 Fails To Take Flight

Acclaimed short film director Patrick Vollrath makes the jump to features with 7500, a claustrophobic real-time thriller set (almost) entirely within the cockpit of an Airbus A319. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Tobias, a young co-pilot who becomes trapped [...]

June 12, 2020

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