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Behind The Scenes: Gareth Edwards & George Lucas On The Set Of ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

A Dirty Dozen type men (and woman) on a mission movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story stays faithful to the aesthetic style of George Lucas’ 1977 game-changer. Gareth Edwards’ 2016 film creates a lot of characters but none of them have the spark [...]

August 5, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: John Maclean’s SLOW WEST

Director John Maclean’s 2015 western, Slow West isn’t your standard ‘oater’. This is a quirky offbeat tale which is as funny as it is heartbreaking. Michael Fassbender is Silas, an outlaw who takes Kodi Smit-McPhee’s Jay under his wing so [...]

May 16, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: David Michôd’s ANIMAL KINGDOM

David Michôd’s 2010 film Animal Kingdom is a multi-layered tale which follows a Melbourne crime family – the Cody’s led by Jackie Weaver’s matriarch “Smurf”. Loosely based on the Pettingill family, who took on the Melbourne police in [...]

April 5, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Adrian Buitenhuis and Derik Murray’s I AM HEATH LEDGER

An intimate and moving documentary on the late actor, I Am Heath Ledger draws the viewer in by using footage shot by Heath Ledger himself and then adds emotional commentary by his friends (Including Ben Mendelsohn, Naomi Watts, Djimon Hounsou and [...]

January 19, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Kevin Macdonald’s BLACK SEA

Kevin Macdonald’s Black Sea is a wonderful edge-of-your-seat thriller. The seafaring adventure sees Jude Law play the captain of a submarine, eager to discover sunken Nazi gold lost deep in the Black Sea. MacDonald’s 2014 film embraces the well [...]

January 11, 2021

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

New Clips From Otto Bathurst’s ROBIN HOOD

Otto Bathurst’s Robin Hood is an unknown quantity at this stage. Will it be a classic like Errol Flynn’s or largely forgotten like the 2010 Russell Crowe/Ridley Scott joint? All will be revealed when Taron Egerton picks up his bow and [...]

October 31, 2018

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: READY PLAYER ONE, ISLE OF DOGS, JOURNEYMAN, A QUIET PLACE & More

This time around: Steven Spielberg goes inside the Oasis in Ready Player One, Wes Anderson takes us to the Isle of Dogs, Paddy Considine is a Journeyman, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski go to A Quiet Place, Dwayne Johnson goes on a Rampage and Paul [...]

August 19, 2018

Rejoice! The Trailer & Poster For The New ROBIN HOOD Is Here

Well here’s the first trailer for Otto Bathurst’s Robin Hood (formerly Robin Hood: Origins). It’s kind of what we all expected – a mish-mash of Batman Begins, The Matrix, Lord Of The Rings and Pirates Of The Caribbean. But [...]

May 8, 2018

READY PLAYER ONE Featurettes Look At The Story And Characters Of Steven Spielberg’s Adventure

Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One (out now) is all about nostalgia. Nostalgia for people who are around the same age as Movies In Focus – people who grew up in the 1980s. It’s probably for the hipster kids too – and [...]

March 29, 2018

Blu-ray Review: I AM HEATH LEDGER Is A Powerful Look At The Late Actor

January 2, 2018

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: DUNKIRK, AMERICAN MADE, PULP, THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM & More

This time around: Christopher Nolan goes to war in Dunkirk; Tom Cruise is American Made, Michael Caine is involved in Pulp; Bill Nighy investigates The Limehouse Golem; Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden are The Masters Of Florence and Rooney Mara is [...]

December 20, 2017

Review: ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Disappoints

A spoiler-filled review of Gareth Edward’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the worst theatrically released Star Wars yet. I know that many will lambast the work that George Lucas did in this prequel trilogy, [...]

December 20, 2016

New IMAX Featurette For ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

Curious to know if Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has epic sound and visuals? Then you’ll find the answer in this new IMAX featurette featuring director Gareth Edwards and the film’s cast. Choice quotes from Edwards: “The thing that [...]

December 14, 2016

The Sheriff Of Nottingham Gets Sleazy As Ben Mendelsohn Joins ROBIN HOOD: ORIGINS

Robin Hood is one of those tales which will continue to be retold for every generation. Therefore you can’t complain that there’s a now a new film version in the pipeline just 6 years after Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe embraced the legend of [...]

December 14, 2016

The Force Is Strong With This One: ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Celebration Reel And Poster

Gareth Edwards is under a lot of pressure to make Rogue One: A Star Wars Story deliver the goods. A prequel to the events of George Lucas’ original Star Wars (aka A New Hope), the film needs to walk a tight rope of being fresh and familiar at the [...]

July 16, 2016

The Force Is Strong With This First Trailer For ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

There’s a lot going on in this trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. I don’t mean that in a bad way, there’s just a tremendous amount to take in when you’re seeing the first teaser trailer for the first non Skywalker-focused Star Wars [...]

April 9, 2016

DVD Review: Netflix’s BLOODLINE Is A Slow-Burning Top-Tier Soap Opera

The first season of Nextflix’s Bloodline is a slow-burning drama, that draws viewers in as each episode builds to offer reveals which help unwrap the central mystery. Strong performances and sunny visuals keep it afloat despite the fact that [...]

April 2, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Michael Fassbender Impresses Once Again In SLOW WEST

Michael Fassbender doesn’t like to take the easy path and get huge paychecks by starring in soulless hollywood fare. Instead the actor wishes to tackle a whole host of different roles and if one of those happens to be a comic book movie of a video [...]

November 5, 2015

STAR WARS News: First Official Cast Image From ROGUE ONE; Colin Trevorrow To Direct EPISODE IX

Disney’s D23 Expo saw a massive influx of Star Wars related news. Disneyland will be getting heightened Star Wars areas including a Star Wars Land, something that is sure to get families excited – especially when you hear that they’ll be [...]

August 16, 2015

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