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Blu-ray Review: Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT Is Loud And Dumb

Transformers: The Last Knight is a bad film. I knew that from the outset having seen a couple of the other Transformers films (I keep popping back to the franchise for some cinematic sadomasochistic reason). The main flaw in this Michael Bay [...]

October 28, 2017

Roger Donaldson Interview Part One: Embracing Documentary Filmmaking With McLAREN

Roger Donaldson is a secret directing weapon. You may not be overtly familiar with his name, but you’ve surely seen and enjoyed at least one of his films. He’s able to flit from one genre to the next, navigating his way around film [...]

May 25, 2017

Discover The Secret Past Of TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

I’ll probably never watch Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight. I might, but it’s highly unlikely that I would put myself through such a cinematic atrocity. Millions of people will (the majority likely in China) and they [...]

May 9, 2017

Goodbye To Jonathan Demme

Director Jonathan Demme has died, defeated by cancer at the age of 73. Demme was a scorching director, having helmed a selection of great movies – amongst them Melvin and Howard, Something Wild, Married To The Mob, The Silence of The Lambs [...]

April 26, 2017

Book Review: Alec Baldwin’s NEVERTHELESS Is A No-Holds-Barred Hollywood Memoir

Alec Baldwin’s Nevertheless is a Hollywood memoir that doesn’t pull any punches. Baldwin’s book looks at his career as an actor from his early days on Dallas spin-off Knott’s Landing to his recent stint as Donald Trump on Saturday Night [...]

April 17, 2017

I Had No Interest In THOR: RAGNAROK…Then The Trailer Hit

As much as I hate to admit it – this is one well cut trailer for Thor: Ragnarok. The music (a bit of led Zeppelin), the pacing, the humour – it all works. I enjoyed the original Thor, but didn’t feel anything for the second [...]

April 10, 2017

The Lost Art Of The Summer Blockbuster

In the last couple of days Movies In Focus re-watched Renny Harlin’s Deep Blue Sea (1999) and Martin Campbell’s The Mask Of Zorro (1998). These films probably don’t rank high on anyone’s ‘favourite movies list’ but they’re two [...]

April 9, 2017

Michael Bay Talks TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT In IMAX 3D & Movies In Focus Listens

Oh Michael Bay. What can I say to bring you back to us? Err…actually, I can say this. However, I must admit that I’m intrigued by the medieval aspect on display here in Transformers: The Last Knight, and some of the shots have a real [...]

April 6, 2017

LIGHTS OUT: We Like It In The Shadows

Since the dawn of cinema, the dark has been as important to horror as monsters, blood, and jump-out-of-your-seat scares. Lights Out – out on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download now – takes it a step further by turning that inherent human fear of [...]

December 13, 2016

More Cinematic Hell With The Trailer For TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

Michael Bay can master the visuals but there’s too much damn slam-bam robot action in the Transformers movies and not enough plot. Or maybe there is plot and it’s really, really bad. Anyway, they’re just going to keep making these things [...]

December 6, 2016

The Best Roles Of Antonio Banderas

A man of many talents, Antonio Banderas is best known for his suave Hispanic charm. From his early collaborations with acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, Banderas then broke into Hollywood in the early 1990s despite at first having to [...]

January 21, 2016

Review: KIDNAPPING FREDDY HEINEKEN With Anthony Hopkins And Sam Worthington Is All Fizz

Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (also known as Kidnapping Mr. Heineken) tells the true story of the 1983 kidnapping of the the beer mogul. Daniel Alfredson’s film has a strong cast (Anthony Hopkins, Sam Worthington, Jim Sturges) and a keen concept but [...]

April 16, 2015

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