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George Clooney – The Last Of The Movie Stars

There are movie stars and then there is George Clooney. The actor, who turned 60 years old on 6 May, 2021 is the epitome of old style charm and charisma and he has been compared to Cary Grant on so many occasions that it would be superfluous to do [...]

May 6, 2021

Forget it, Ben. It’s Chinatown! Ben Affleck To Direct Making Of Chinatown Movie THE BIG GOODBYE

The mighty Ben Affleck will direct, write and produce The Big Goodbye, a screen adaptation of Sam Wasson’s book The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood.. The book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the making of Roman [...]

August 8, 2020

Ben Affleck On His Career, Batman And Finding The Way Back

This 22 minute video interview with Ben Affleck for GQ is pure gold. It features an enthusiastic Affleck talking about his career and some of his biggest and best roles. He talks about Good Will Hunting, Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, Argo, Batman and [...]

March 7, 2020

The Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century…So Far

Movies In Focus was inspired to put together a Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century list after reading the recent piece in Empire which listed the top movies of the century as voted for by the magazine’s readers. It was a pretty damning list [...]

January 21, 2020

Final Poster For Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

Gone Baby Gone, The Town and Argo – Ben Affleck has a great track recored as director. I don’t think Live By Night will be ruining that streak. Here’s the latest (and I believe final) poster for Affleck’s Prohibition drama [...]

December 5, 2016

Calculate Your Choices With The Poster For Ben Affleck’s THE ACCOUNTANT

Ben Affleck’s The Accountant looks like a stonking grown-up thriller. The trailer delivers everything you would want from this type of movie (check it out here) and this new poster attempts something a little different. Affleck might be doing [...]

May 26, 2016

Bryan Cranston’s Real Life Hollywood Tale TRUMBO Might Just Score Awards Gold

Hollywood loves movies about Hollywood. That means Trumbo shouldn’t be ruled out as major contender when the awards season rolls around. Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston plays Dalton Trumbo, the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter who penned the [...]

August 15, 2015

Get Ready For THE BATMAN In 2018; Ben Affleck To Star-In And Direct Solo Dark Knight Adventure

It was pretty much a given that Warner Bros wanted Ben Affleck to star in and direct a solo Batman adventure. It looks like the studio got its wish. Latino Review is reporting that Affleck will don the cowl and wield the megaphone on the set of a [...]

June 24, 2015

Perfect Casting: Ben Affleck Is BATMAN

Ben Affleck is Batman and he’s the perfect fit for the latest screen incarnation of Bob Kane’s iconic superhero. I’ve seriously thought that Affleck would make a great Batman for about fifteen years (going back to Good Will Hunting and [...]

August 25, 2013

ARGO & THE ARTIST: Hollywood Loves Movies About Movies

The 2012 and 2013 Academy Awards saw films centered on Hollywood win the Best Film award. Michel Hazanavicius’s silent film, The Artist won the hearts of the Academy in 2012, while the 2013 awards saw Ben Affleck’s Argo score the top honour. The [...]

March 11, 2013

The BAFTA Film Awards 2013 Winners List

Ben Affleck’s career resurgence is now complete. Affleck’s Argo scored three Baftas last night in London (I was there, but more on that later), and it really does look like the thriller will take home the best picture at the Academy Awards – [...]

February 11, 2013

Box Office: IDENTITY THEFT Steals #1; WARM BODIES Hot & SIDE EFFECTS Sidelined

Bad weather and poor reviews couldn’t stop the terrible looking Identity Theft from stealing the top spot at the box office. The Melissa McCarthy/Jason Bateman comedy looks set to score $34 million over the weekend – about a million shy of its [...]

February 9, 2013

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