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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

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

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

Weekend Box Office Lowdown: 5th November, 2012

Wreck It Ralph will score the top spot at the box office, grossing an impressive $49 million. That puts it in a good position to score some serious bank over the holiday season. Not that I care. Robert Zemeckis’ return to live action filmmaking, [...]

November 5, 2012

Warner Bros And Ben Affleck FOCUS On Kristen Stewart

The Twilight juggernaut is finally coming to an end for Kristen Stewart, so she’s trying her best to forge a career outside the Vampire-romance franchise. She’s taken on a variety of roles in recent years, but none have really set the world on [...]

November 4, 2012

Affleck’s Advice

Argo director Ben Affleck said that when he came to star-in and direct The Town (2010) he asked three men for advice – fellow actor-directors Kevin Costner, Robert Redford and Warren Beatty. Affleck said: “The one thing they all said to me, [...]

October 11, 2012

Warner Bros. Moves GRAVITY To 2013

Warner Bros. has decided to move Gravity, the 3D space thriller starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney from its November 21st release slot to some unknown time in 2013. The reason… …apparently Warner Bros’ packed schedule in the [...]

May 15, 2012