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Behind The Scenes: Richard Donner, Steven Spielberg, Jeff Cohen & Ke Huy Quan On The Set Of THE GOONIES

Produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Chris Columbus and directed by Richard Donner; it’s no wonder that The Goonies is one of the most beloved films of the 1980s. It’s a movie for kids, that doesn’t talk down to them. Columbus’s script [...]

February 22, 2023

Behind The Scenes: Michael Douglas & Kathleen Turner On The Set Of ROMANCING THE STONE

Romancing the Stone is a wonderful adventure/romantic comedy from director Robert Zemeckis. The 1984 film sees romantic novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) travelling to South America in search of her missing sister. Along the way she teams up [...]

September 25, 2021

The Mighty George Lucas

Writer-director-producer George Lucas turned 77 years old on 14 May 2021. Nobody has influenced cinema and popular culture over the last five decades quite like Lucas. THX 1138, American Graffiti, Star Wars and Indiana Jones have inspired [...]

May 14, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz & George Lucas On The Set OF HOWARD THE DUCK

Critically mauled on release, this box-office turkey shouldn’t have much to recommend, however it’s good old fashioned fun, and whilst not in the same league as other 80s gems as Gremlins and Back to the Future, there is much to enjoy in [...]

April 1, 2021

Notebook Reviews: FREQUENCY

Gregory Hoblit – 2000 It’s always great to see Dennis Quaid in a leading role – and Gregory Hoblit’s Frequency gives him a brilliant one (Jim Caviezel is also wonderful). This is a unique film, but if you’re looking [...]

March 27, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Willard Huyck’s HOWARD THE DUCK

Howard the Duck is an iconic film. The problem being that it is an iconic film for all the wrong reasons. Released in 1986, Howard (which is based on a 1970s Marvel Comic) had a huge budget, it was produced by Star Wars mastermind George Lucas and [...]

March 25, 2021

Trailer & Poster: Robert Zemeckis’ Film Version Of Roald Dahl’s THE WITCHES Starring Anne Hathaway

Robert Zemeckis had a great 20 year run as a director: 1980-2000. Any filmmaker would be proud if they delivered a fraction of the films Zemeckis did in that time: Used Cars, Romancing The Stone, Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Back To [...]

October 3, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Tom Eberhardt’s NIGHT OF THE COMET

Night Of The Comet hits all the right notes as a post-apocalyptic-horror-comedy. It’s not the best cult film to come out of the ‘80s low-budget horror scene, but it gets marks for trying. Tom Eberhardt writes and directs with enough enthusiasm [...]

October 2, 2020

Game Over! On Set Images Of Steven Spielberg Making READY PLAYER ONE

If anyone was going to direct an adaption of Ernest Cline’s Ready Play One then it had to be Steven Spielberg. Cline’s book is a love letter to ’80s movies and pop culture and Spielberg produced and directed some of the decade’s most iconic [...]

July 5, 2020

Where Were You In ’62?

George Lucas’ American Graffiti is cinematic perfection. The 1973 film, written by Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck effectively created Hollywood’s fascination with nostalgia. Made for just $700,000, the film grossed a massive $115 [...]

April 30, 2020

Eric Stoltz As Marty McFly In BACK TO THE FUTURE

One of the great all-time casting switcheroos was when Michael J. Fox replaced Eric Stoltz a few weeks into the shoot of Robert Zemeckis‘ Back To The Future. This image shows Stoltz as Marty McFly alongside Christopher Lloyd‘s Doc [...]

April 18, 2020

Kathleen Kennedy To Receive The BAFTA Fellowship In 2020

Kathleen Kennedy is one of the most important figures in film over the last 40 years. Kennedy has worked on some of the most iconic, important and ground-breaking films over the last dour decades. In 1982 she co-founded Amblin Entertainment with [...]

December 7, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Is The George Lucas Produced HOWARD THE DUCK Really A Turkey?

April 26, 2019

Exclusive! Christopher Lloyd Tells Some Likely Stories In WHITE LIES

Movies In Focus friend, director Brett A. Hart is working on an exciting new anthology series that has scored Back To The Future star Christopher Lloyd in a key role. Titled White Lies, the show is a Twilight Zone style series which will be hosted [...]

February 16, 2018

All Hail George Lucas!

Nobody has influenced cinema and popular culture over the last five decades quite like George Lucas. THX 1138, American Graffiti, Star Wars and Indiana Jones have inspired countless filmmakers over the years and they continue to be mined and [...]

May 14, 2017

Book Review: Great Scott! BACK TO THE FUTURE THE ULTIMATE VISUAL HISTORY

Back To The Future fans will want to rush out at 88mph to buy their copy of Back to the Future The Ultimate Visual History. This book by Michael Klastorin and Randal Atamaniuk looks at the making of Robert Zemeckis’ classic time-travelling trilogy [...]

November 18, 2015

Blu-ray Review: THE GOONIES Is A Classic Piece Of 1980s Cinema

November 10, 2015

Do The Time Warp: Ten Time Travel Movies

The latest film in a long line of time travel classics, Project Almanac follows a brilliant high school student and his friends who discover blueprints for a machine that can send them back in time. This latest foray into the popular [...]

June 8, 2015

DVD Review: Gillian Anderson And Haley Joel Osment In Sci-Fi Drama CONTINUUM (I’ll Follow You Down)

Continuum (also known as I’ll Follow You Down) is an intriguing science fiction drama which gives the well worn time travel concept an interesting new angle. Gillian Anderson and Haley Joel Osment lead the cast as the mother and son who are torn [...]

March 8, 2015

Blu-ray Review: NIGHT OF THE COMET Plays Like Back To The Future’s Mutated Cousin

September 28, 2014

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