amblin Archives - Movies In Focus

Behind The Scenes: Richard Donner, Steven Spielberg, Jeff Cohen & Ke Huy Quan On The Set Of THE GOONIES

Produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Chris Columbus and directed by Richard Donner; it’s no wonder that The Goonies is one of the most beloved films of the 1980s. It’s a movie for kids, that doesn’t talk down to them. Columbus’s script [...]

February 22, 2023

There’s A Stranger Things Vibe To This Trailer For LET US IN

There’s a real 1980s Amblin/Stranger Things vibe to this trailer for Let Them In. It looks like it might be a good ‘gateway movie’ for getting kids of a certain age into genre movies. It’s a family film, but it might just [...]

May 20, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Richard Stanley Directs Nicolas Cage & Joely Richardson On The Set Of COLOR OUT OF SPACE

Movie-making mavericks Richard Stanley and Nicolas Cage teamed in 2019 for the bonkers H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, Color Out Of Space. In a strange way, its the perfect film to watch considering everything that is going on in the world at the [...]

January 7, 2021

Kathleen Kennedy To Receive The BAFTA Fellowship In 2020

Kathleen Kennedy is one of the most important figures in film over the last 40 years. Kennedy has worked on some of the most iconic, important and ground-breaking films over the last dour decades. In 1982 she co-founded Amblin Entertainment with [...]

December 7, 2019

Blu-ray Review: THE GOONIES Is A Classic Piece Of 1980s Cinema

November 10, 2015

Remaking The Prequel: YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES Remake On the Way

Hollywood loves prequels and remakes, so it was inevitable that someone would finally get around to remaking a prequel. Enter Young Sherlock Holmes. Paramount Pictures is planning a remake of Barry Levinson’s 1985 film, Young Sherlock Holmes. The [...]

November 23, 2012