arnold schwarzenegger

Trailer & Poster: Stallone Takes A Back Seat & Lets Statham Drive The EXPEND4BLES

You won’t find a bigger fan of The Expendables franchise than Movies In Focus. I thought the first film was solid enough, but I think the franchise reached its potential with the second and third instalments. A lot of that had to do with the [...]

June 7, 2023

Notebook Reviews: BATMAN & ROBIN

Joel Schumacher – 1997 The film that killed the Batman franchise. Batman & Robin isn’t as bad as you’ve heard – and it’s enjoyable enough if you look at it like an updated version of the 1960s Adam West/Burt Ward [...]

March 20, 2023

Behind The Scenes: Elliott Gould & Robert Altman On The Set Of THE LONG GOODBYE

The great Elliott Gould plays Raymond Chandler’s iconic and laconic private detective, Philip Marlow in this screen adaptation of The Long Goodbye. Robert Altman directs this film, which oozes ’70s cinematic style. Altman’s 1973 film sees [...]

February 12, 2023

Podcast – Episode 25: Romuald Boulanger Talks ON THE LINE / Chuck Russell Talks PARADISE CITY

This episode of the Movies In Focus podcast sees a pair of directors join Niall Browne to talk about their latest movies. First up is French filmmaker Romuald Boulanger who is discussing his new thriller On The Line. The film sees Mel Gibson star as [...]

November 14, 2022

Podcast – Episode 22: Legendary Screenwriter Steven E. de Souza On His Hollywood Career & Films Such As Die Hard, 48 Hours, Hudson Hawk & More!

Steven E. de Souza, the acclaimed screenwriter and director joins Niall Browne for this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast. Mega hits and cult classics such as 48 Hours, Commando, Die Hard, The Running Man, Die Hard 2, Hudson Hawk, [...]

October 17, 2022

Blu-ray Review: RED SONJA – Swords, Sorcery & Schwarzenegger

Swords, sorcery and Schwarzenegger – the 1980s were a time of high adventure when it came to fantasy films. You could never call Red Sonja a great piece of art, but if you grab this adventure by the reins and kick-in your heels, then you’ll [...]

July 17, 2022

Get Ready For Hunting Season: Teaser For Predator Prequel PREY

20th Century Studios has announced that Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator prequel, Prey is coming to US screens via Hulu on 5 August 2002. The news comes alongside a 45 second teaser trailer which lets us know that the franchise is going in a very [...]

May 16, 2022

The Genius Of Bill Paxton

The great Bill Paxton was a pleasure to watch. Paxton was an actor who straddled the line between leading man and character actor and he was adept at comedy and drama, starring in movies and TV shows, in roles small and large. I went through a [...]

February 25, 2022

Movies To Watch This Christmas

Christmastime is here again and Movies In Focus is presenting you with a list of Christmas movies to watch over the festive season. Some are naughty and some are nice, but they’re definitely an intriguing selection of movies to light-up your [...]

December 4, 2021

The Mighty Charlton Heston

The words icon and legend are bandied about a great deal in modern society. Most of the time they mean nothing or at the very least they are simple hyperbole. However, when these words are used to describe Charlton Heston they come across as an [...]

October 4, 2021

TRIPLETS Happening With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito & Tracy Morgan

Movies In Focus first wrote about Triplets way back in March 2012. Now, nearly a decade on from that and 33 years since the release of Twins comes the news that Triplets is gearing-up for production with Ivan Reitman directing Arnold Schwarzenegger, [...]

September 15, 2021

Notebook Reviews: COMMANDO

Mark L. Lester – 1985. Somewhere, somehow, someone’s going to pay! Commando is pure entertainment. This Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner delivers everything that you would want from an ’80s action film. Explosions, stunts, [...]

September 10, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Arnold Schwarzenegger & Director Jee-Woon Kim On The Set Of THE LAST STAND

2013’s The Last Stand is constructed around Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mighty frame. He’s the force at the centre of the action, but not always the focus. The film’s impressive supporting cast (Forrest Whitaker, Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman, [...]

August 31, 2021

Notebook Reviews: END OF DAYS

Peter Hyams – 1999 End Of Days is a gloriously old-fashioned action movie from director Peter Hyams. This end of the century thriller plays like The Omen meets Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Arnold Schwarzenegger is great as the ex-cop battling [...]

August 20, 2021

Old West: Trailer For Clint Eastwood’s CRY MACHO

This trailer for Clint Eastwood‘s Cry Macho is great. It appears to be a true Clint Eastwood film in every sense and it seems to share similar DNA with two of his best (and most well-regarded) movies – Unforgiven and Gran Torino. Growing [...]

August 6, 2021

Yippee Ki-Yay! DIE HARD Turns 33 Years Old

Die Hard is a great example of the Hollywood studio system getting moviemaking right – the film is a perfect storm of story and talent coming together. It is hard to fathom that the action-thriller was such an unknown quantity when it was first [...]

July 16, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Henry Hobson’s MAGGIE

Henry Hobson’s 2015 film, Maggie is a superb zombie movie with a twist. This Arnold Schwarzenegger film isn’t The Walking Dead or 28 Days Later – it’s a low-key drama with a fantastic performance from Arnold Schwarzenegger. This film [...]

July 16, 2021

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY Is 30 Years Old

For better or for worse, James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day helped usher in the age of CGI-fueled blockbusters when it was released back in 1991. The liquid metal effects of the T-1000 showed audiences a brave new cinematic world and [...]

July 4, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Arnold Schwarzenegger & Linda Hamilton On The Set Of TERMINATOR: DARK FATE

David Ellison’s Skydance Media bought the Terminator rights and in 2015, Terminator Genisys (read the review) attempted to reboot the franchise, riffing on Cameron’s 1984 original and bringing back Arnold Schwarzenegger to his trademark [...]

June 8, 2021

James Cameron’s TERMINATOR

James Cameron’s 1984 breakthrough movie, The Terminator was a tight and lean scI-fi/thriller – a film that played much like a horror. Schwarzenegger’s unstoppable robotic force was a terrifying villain that couldn’t be reasoned with. It [...]

June 6, 2021

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