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Uncovering Curiosities: Peter Yates’ THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE

Director Peter Yates’ 1973 film, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle is the type of movie that perfectly sums up the 1970s on a cinematic level. Robert Mitchum plays the titular Eddie Coyle, an ageing low level crook caught-up in a Boston gun-running [...]

July 21, 2021

Yo, Whiplash! Behind The Scenes Image Shows Miles Teller & Damien Chazelle On The Set Of WHIPLASH

Writer-director Damien Chazelle’s created an absolute gem of a film with 2014’s Whiplash – one that surpasses all expectations. Expertly written and wonderfully acted, Whiplash is a cinematic breath of fresh air. The great J.K [...]

July 13, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Jennifer Kent’s THE BABADOOK Is A Modern Horror Classic

Jennifer Kent’s 2014 film, The Babadook draws on the rich history of horror cinema, delivering thoughtful scares and strong imagery to create one of the finest genre films in recent years. Even, William Friedkin, the director of The [...]

July 1, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Classic Silent Expressionist Horror THE HANDS OF ORLAC

The 1924 horror film The Hands of Orlac (Orlac’s Hände) reunited the star (Conrad Veidt) and director (Robert Wiene) of the 1920 masterpiece, The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari for yet another classic silent genre piece. Based on the novel [...]

June 24, 2021

Bryan Bertino’s THE DARK AND THE WICKED Getting A DVD, Blu-ray & Digital Release In The UK

Movies In Focus called Bryan Bertino’s The Dark And The Wicked ‘a well crafted and intelligent horror film..a strong and powerful slice of genre cinema which gets deep under the skin. It’s one of the best horror films of the [...]

June 21, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Michael Douglas & Sharon Stone Star In Paul Verhoeven’s Classic Erotic Thriller BASIC INSTINCT

Director Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 film, Basic Instinct is a seminal erotic thriller. The neo-noir effectively kick-started the thriller sub-genre in the 1990s and made a star out of Sharon Stone in the process. The middle instalment in what Michael [...]

June 18, 2021

Movies In Focus Quotes

“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognised wiser than oneself.” – Marlene Dietrich Movies In Focus has been doing the movie review thing for well [...]

June 12, 2021

Cameron Crowe’s Masterful ALMOST FAMOUS Gets A 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray Release

2000’s Almost Famous is the film which could very well be writer/director Cameron Crowe’s masterpiece. Crowe’s 1970s-set follow-up to Jerry Maguire surpasses that film and it’s right up there with 2001’s Vanilla Sky as [...]

May 28, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Ridley Scott’s ’80s Thriller SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME

Someone To Watch Over Me is something of a forgotten title within Ridley Scott‘s filmography (it comes between 1985’s Legend and 1989’s Black Rain. This 1987 thriller might not be as well known as his other efforts, but it’s [...]

May 19, 2021

Blu-ray Review: J-P Valkeapää’s Darkly Comic DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS

Writer and and director J-P Valkeapää’s Dogs Don’t Wear Pants is a darkly comic look at life, love and S&M. It follows an emotionally detached surgeon named Juha (Pekka Strang) who gets caught-up in a twisted relationship with [...]

May 19, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Richard Burton Stars In The Screen Adaptation Of John Le Carré’s THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

Based on John le Carré‘s 1963 novel of the same name, director Martin Ritt‘s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is a low-key character study set in the world of espionage. The 1965 film sees Richard Burton play Alec Leamas, an ageing [...]

May 18, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: John Mackenzie’s THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY

The British gangster film has a bad reputation. Much of this is deserved due to the shoddiness of most of these productions. However, John Mackenzie’s 1980 release The Long Good Friday is seen as one of the genre’s shining stars. Bob Hoskins [...]

May 10, 2021

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