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Uncovering Curiosities: Ben Wheatley’s FREE FIRE

Ben Wheatley’s 2016 film, Free Fire is a black comedy action film and an energetic piece of high-octane cinematic acid jazz. It’s a tightly scripted, smartly executed, perfectly cast actioner that’s as witty as it is violent. This is [...]

December 29, 2021

Review: Nicholas Jarecki’s Opioid Thriller CRISIS Starring Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer & Evangeline Lilly Provokes & Engages

Writer/director Nicholas Jarecki’s Crisis is a punchy thriller, which offers audiences a thought-provoking piece of grown-up cinema. Jarecki uses the every real opioid crisis as the basis for three interwoven stories which focus on different [...]

March 17, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: William A. Fraker’s THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER

The Legend Of The Lone Ranger has gone down in history as one of the great Hollywood misfires and the stories behind the making of this 1981 western are almost as legendary as The Lone Ranger himself. However, nearly 40 years have passed since the [...]

January 1, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Luca Guadagnino Directs Armie Hammer & Timothée Chalamet On The Set Of CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

2017’s Call Me By Your Name is a coming of age drama that sees Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet forming a close bond over a relaxing summer in Italy and both actors offer-up fearless turns as young men coming to terms with their [...]

September 27, 2020

Trailer For Ben Wheatley’s REBECCA Starring Lily James, Armie Hammer & Kristin Scott Thomas

Netflix has dropped the first trailer for Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca, the new screen adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel. This looks like a change of pace for Wheatley, who usually does films with a darkly comic bent. All [...]

September 9, 2020

Hercule Poirot Is Back In The First Trailer For Kenneth Branagh’s DEATH ON THE NILE

Movies In Focus had a good time with Kenneth Branagh’s 2017 thriller Murder On The Orient Express. The all-star Agatha Christie adaptation grossed an impressive $352 million on a $55 million budget and a sequel was quickly given the green [...]

August 20, 2020

15 Things You Need To Know Before You See MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT

Mission: Impossible – Fallout hits cinema screens around the globe at end of July. The sixth instalment in the long-running spy franchise once again sees Tom Cruise conduct gravity defying stunts as intrepid IMF agent Ethan Hunt. Before you [...]

June 30, 2018

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, PADDINGTON 2 & MORE

This time around: Love is in the air for Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in Call Me By Your Name; Paul Schrader’s Blue Collar gets buttoned-up; Hugh Grant commits crimes against acting Paddington 2; Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman get [...]

March 4, 2018

Blu-ray Review: FREE FIRE Is Cocked, Locked And Ready To Rock!

Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire is an energetic piece of high-octane cinematic acid jazz. It’s a tightly scripted, smartly executed, perfectly cast actioner that’s as witty as it is violent. This is Wheatley’s most entertaining flick yet, an [...]

August 9, 2017

Is Ben Affleck Really Done As BATMAN?

Back in February it was reported that Ben Affleck wanted out of his contract as Batman. This was around the time he dropped out as director of The Batman (and took a hit for the critical and commercial failure of the rather great Live By Night) [...]

July 22, 2017

Review: Ben Wheatley’s FREE FIRE Is Absolutely Amazing!

March 14, 2017

New Trailer & Poster For Ben Wheatley’s Fantastic FREE FIRE

Movies In Focus recently caught Free Fire at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema, where director Ben Wheatley was in attendance for a Q&A session. He talked about how it came together and the difficulties of making a film that’s basically [...]

March 9, 2017

Take Cover: The Trailer For Ben Wheatley’s FREE FIRE Hits Hard

Ben Wheatley is putting together one curious filmography. I’ll admit to being disappointed by his recent High-Rise (read the Movies In Focus review) but Free Fire looks like an interesting proposition. However, I think this trailer for the Martin [...]

September 10, 2016

The New Trailer For THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Is Fun – And 5 Minutes Long!

Guy Ritchie’s big screen version of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. looks like a lot of fun. Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer appear to share some good on-screen chemistry and it doesn’t take itself too seriously. That’s pretty essential because the [...]

July 13, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Klinton Spilsbury Stars In The Mythic THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER

February 21, 2015

Check Out Henry Cavill And Armie Hammer In The Trailer For The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

They’ve been trying to get a film version of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. off the ground for as long as I can remember. Steven Soderbergh came close to shooting a version with George Clooney a few years ago but sadly it never materialised (Clooney [...]

February 15, 2015

Box Office: From THE LONE RANGER To The Loan Arranger

UPDATED: Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve been dying to make that pun for a long, long time. Disney took a $250 million gamble with The Lone Ranger, an expensive western – it didn’t pay-off. The 21st Century update of the iconic masked [...]

July 5, 2013

Henry Cavill Replaces Tom Cruise On THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E

The Man From U.N.C.L.E has had many problems finding (and keeping) a cast. Tom Cruise recently left the film to focus on Mission: Impossible 5, leaving Armie Hammer as the film’s The Lone Ranger. Well, now Warner Bros. seems to have landed the Man [...]

May 29, 2013

Tom Cruise Ditches THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E For MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 5

Warner Bros. came close, but they ultimately failed to land Tom Cruise for The Man From U.N.CL.E movie. Cruise is gearing up Mission Impossible 5 for an end of year shoot and he just couldn’t fit the movie into his schedule. It would appear that [...]

May 25, 2013

A Glimmer Of Hope For Johnny Depp And THE LONE RANGER

I’ve been harsh on Johnny Depp lately, but it’s only because I hate to see a good artist slide into paycheck induced mediocrity (I’d also like to see producer Jerry Bruckheimer get back on track, but that’s another matter). However, the [...]

October 4, 2012

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