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Remembering 2017’s JUSTICE LEAGUE

The recent news that Zack Snyder is finally getting the opportunity to complete and release his cut of Justice League on HBO Max got me thinking about the 2017 superhero mash-up. Unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Comics Extended [...]

May 23, 2020

#ReleaseTheSnyderCut: Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE To Get HBO Max Release In 2021

Who would have thought that the online campaign to get Zack Snyder’s own cut of Justice League released would have been a success? Not Movies In Focus, that’s for sure! The disappoint and ultimate failure of Justice League in November 2017 led [...]

May 22, 2020

That Time Ben Affleck Teased Us With Deathstroke In THE BATMAN That Never Happened

2016 was a much simpler time. It was a time before disasters like the Coronavirus pandemic and the release of Justice League. Back in August 2016 principal photography was still taking place on Justice League under the direction of Zack Snyder and [...]

May 1, 2020

Watch F.W. Murnau’s Legendary Vampire Film NOSFERATU Online Now

If you’re looking to fill some gaps in your film knowledge during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 shutdown, then you might want to watch F.W. Murnau’s legendary Nosferatu. The public domain film is available online for free. Murnau’s silent [...]

May 1, 2020

The Best Scene In Tim Burton’s BATMAN

There’s much to enjoy in Tim Burton’s Batman. The 1989 release is packed with wonderful production design from Anton Furst, a brilliant Danny Elfman score and great performances from everyone in the cast. Not bad for a movie which was [...]

April 25, 2020

Remembering The 1990 Thriller PACIFIC HEIGHTS Starring Matthew Modine, Melanie Griffith & Michael Keaton

John Schlesinger’s Pacific Heights is a wonderfully composed psychological thriller from 1990. It’s the type of film which was hugely popular in the 1990s, but has fallen by the wayside in recent years. It’s a great companion piece [...]

April 24, 2020

THE BATMAN Gets A New Release Date After COVID-19 Delay

Production for Matt Reeves’ The Batman shut-down on 14 March due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the Batman reboot has been on indefinite hiatus and a locked-down Reeves has been going over footage in preparation for when things [...]

April 21, 2020

Darren Aronofsky Talks About His Failed Adaptation Of Frank Miller’s BATMAN: YEAR ONE

After the failure of Batman & Robin in 1997, Warner Bros. decided to take Batman in a different direction. They hired Darren Aronofsky (hot-off Pi and Requiem for a Dream) to develop a take on Frank Miller’s seminal tale, Batman: Year [...]

April 18, 2020

Timothy Dalton As Ian Fleming’s JAMES BOND

After Roger Moore retired from the role of James Bond, Timothy Dalton made his first appearance as Ian Fleming’s secret agent in The Living Daylights. More serious than Moore, Dalton took Bond back to his literary roots as a fierce killer. [...]

April 15, 2020

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Is Actually A Good Movie

Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice might groan under the weight of the many franchise expectations that rests on its broad, super heroic shoulders – but it never buckles under the strain. Snyder is a master visualist who [...]

April 12, 2020

Why Ben Affleck Was A Great BATMAN

Ben Affleck was a great Batman and the perfect fit for a screen incarnation of Bob Kane’s iconic superhero. Movies In Focus thought that Affleck would make a great Batman going back to Good Will Hunting and Armageddon. He had the build and the [...]

April 11, 2020

Tim Burton’s BATMAN

In 1988 director Tim Burton was working on his second feature, Beetlejuice, at Warner Bros, when the director was offered a Batman film. For the first time in a decade, the project gathered real momentum. Bringing along his Beetlejuice star Michael [...]

April 11, 2020

THE BATMAN Director Matt Reeves Talks About The Film’s COVID-19 Shutdown

Director Matt Reeves and the cast and crew of The Batman were gearing-up to shift the film’s production from London to Liverpool when it was shutdown on 14 March due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the film has been on an indefinite [...]

April 10, 2020

Listen To How Bernard Herrmann Inspired Danny Elfman’s BATMAN Theme

Having enjoyed Bernard Herrmann‘s score for the 1972 mystery Endless Night, I was once again reminded of how Herrmann’s score for Journey To The Center Of The Earth(1959) inspired Danny Elfman‘s brilliant soundtrack for [...]

April 1, 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

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