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Movie Review Cover Quotes Still Don’t Get Old

Movies In Focus has published a similar riff before, but the recent quote on the DVD of the Nicolas Cage versus Jaguar on-a-boat movie Primal, led me to put it out there again. I’ve been doing the whole movie review thing for well over a [...]

January 11, 2020

Blu-ray Review: THE AMAZING MR BLUNDEN Will Entertain Children And Adults Alike

The thing about children’s films is that they are usually rather bland (and that’s being polite). They’re designed to keep kids happy and this often leaves parents very bored. However, 1972’s The Amazing Mr. Blunden should capture the [...]

November 28, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Masterpiece APOCALYPSE NOW Final Cut

Francis Ford Coppola‘s Apocalypse Now isn’t just a movie – it’s a cinematic legend, a cautionary tale of how a director’s passion and drive was almost their undoing. The making of the film is now tied to its cinematic [...]

October 22, 2019

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: SUSPIRIA, SKINNER, THE DARK HALF, MIDSOMMAR, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS & THE QUEST

This time around: Dakota Johnson feels like dancing in the remake of Suspiria, Ted Raimi is Skinner, Stephen King and George A. Romero tackle The Dark Half, we learn that Godzilla is King of The Monsters, Florence Pugh gets caught-up in a hellish [...]

October 21, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Flying The Flagg For The Classic 1990s Miniseries of Stephen King’s THE STAND

Clocking-in at over a mind-boggling 800 pages, Stephen King’s 1978 sci-fi/horror novel, The Stand is an epic battle of good versus evil. This TV miniseries was also an epic event when it first aired in 1994, garnering huge viewing figures and [...]

October 16, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Alan Parker’s ANGEL HEART Sees Mickey Rourke & Robert De Niro In A World Of Murder, Mystery & Voodoo

Alan Parker’s 1987 film Angel Heart is a wonderful cinematic gumbo. This New Orleans set tale is a genre melding-pot of a film, stirring together elements of mystery, thriller, noir and horror. Based on author William Hjortsberg’s 1978 novel, [...]

October 13, 2019

Review: Comedy-Horror DOUBLE DATE Packs A Bloody Punch

Director Benjamin Barefoot’s Double Date, a hugely satisfying comedic thrill-ride. Danny Morgan and Michael Socha share great chemistry as two friends eager to get laid – but they get more than they bargained for from two murderous [...]

October 3, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Spend Time With Sylvester Stallone In LOCK UP

Lock Up might not be Sylvester Stallone’s finest hour, but if you check your brain at the door and embrace its silliness then you’ll likely have a good enough time. This prison thriller sees Stallone’s salt-of-the-earth prisoner having a [...]

September 29, 2019

Blu-ray Review: FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR Takes Off

Flight Of The Navigator is a Spielbergian 1980s science fiction movie, which offers-up enough original ideas (and special effects) to make it worth seeking out. Grease director Randal Kleiser’s 1986 film follows the family movie template to [...]

September 2, 2019

Blu-ray Review: ONE DEADLY SUMMER Is A Noir-ish Tale Of Death And Desire

A slow-burning dramatic thriller, One Deadly Summer (L’Été meurtrier) is a noir-ish tale of death and desire. The story in Jean Becker’s 1983 adaption of Sébastien Japrisot’s novel is strong, but the film really works because of the [...]

August 3, 2019

Competition: Win Ralph Fiennes’ THE WHITE CROW On Blu-ray

Academy Award-nominee Ralph Fiennes and BAFTA-winning screenwriter David Hare bring the incredible true story of the legendary Rudolf Nureyev, one of the greatest and most famous ballet dancers of the 20th century, vividly to life in The White Crow [...]

August 1, 2019

Review: Nicolas Roeg’s Timeless Classic DON’T LOOK NOW

Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now is a stunningly crafted horror/thriller from 1973. It’s a classic, a wonderfully realised piece of cinema which delivers on a dramatic and an emotional level. This is how you make a horror movie. Based [...]

July 20, 2019

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