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Behind The Scenes With The Bat & The Cat: Christian Bale’s Batman and Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman On The Set Of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises sees Christian Bale do his best work as Batman/Bruce Wayne. He’s more relaxed and at ease with the character, but this has a lot to do with Anne Hathaway’s Selina Kyle (she’s never called [...]

November 8, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling & Denis Villeneuve On The Set Of BLADE RUNNER 2049

Director Denis Villeneuve made a valiant attempt at following-up Ridley Scott’s iconic Blade Runner with 2017’s Blade Runner 2049. Ryan Gosling is K, a Blade Runner whose investigation leads him to Harrison Ford’s in-exile Deckard. The [...]

November 8, 2020

What If This Is AS GOOD AS IT GETS?

Every so often, Movies In Focus rewatches 1997’s As Good as It Gets. James L. Brooks‘ hit comedy scored Best Actor and Best Actress Academy Awards for Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt respectively. They’re both great in the film, as [...]

November 8, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Ben Affleck’s Batman Stunt Double On The Set Of SUICIDE SQUAD

2016’s Suicide Squad plays like a graphic novel brought to life. It’s a fun action romp with some great turns from a bunch of actors who are clearly having a blast. It’s far from perfect (although better than Marvel’s Guardians of the [...]

November 7, 2020

The Train Fight Between Sean Connery & Robert Shaw In FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Still Packs A Punch

The now infamous train fight between the Sean Connery and Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love is often regarded as one of the best in cinema – and rightly so. The close-quarters sequence is tense, brutal and it packs a literal punch. Both [...]

November 6, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Tom Holland & Chris Sarandon On The Set Of FRIGHT NIGHT

Tom Holland’s 1985 vampire flick is still a blast over 35 years after it was first released. On a tonal level Fright Night is very similar to Joel Schumacher’s fellow stylish ‘80s bite pic The Lost Boys. It’s not quite as good as that film, [...]

November 5, 2020

Remembering THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the big winner during the 2017/2018 awards season and Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell won awards by the bucket-load for their performances. It’s a wonderfully composed piece of [...]

November 5, 2020

The Bat, The Cat & The Director: Tim Burton Directs Michael Keaton & Michelle Pfeiffer On The Set Of BATMAN RETURNS

Movies In Focus would argue that 1992’s Batman Returns is the best Batman movie. It may or may not be the case, but it’s a film with strong visuals and sense of tone. Michael Keaton returned as Batman, Danny DeVito and Michelle [...]

November 3, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Sean Connery & Jerry Bruckheimer On The Set Of Michael Bay’s THE ROCK

The great Sean Connery excelled in 1996’s The Rock. The Michael Bay directed action film riffs on Connery’s James Bond persona and the actor embraces the physicality of the role and the one-liners. Not bad for a man who was 66 years old [...]

November 1, 2020

Behind The Scenes Kurt Russell & Isaac Hayes On The Set Of John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

Anti-hero Snake Plissken has become Kurt Russell’s trademark role and he embraces all the character’s quirks and traits. When he shot the film, Russell was still attempting to break-out from being a Disney child star and he puts his [...]

October 29, 2020

Behind The Scenes: James Caan & Michael Mann On The Set Of THIEF

Michael Mann’s Thief isn’t an all guns blazing cops and robbers drama. It’s a thoughtful and direct crime movie, with a great lead performance from star James Caan. The 1981 thriller sets up the themes that Michael Mann would continue [...]

October 24, 2020

ALL IS LOST: Behind The Scenes Images Of Robert Redford From J.C. Chandor’s Adventure Drama

J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost is a film about one man’s struggle against the world and society. The problems that we face as we get older, highlighting that there is never a satisfying or easy answer, that happy endings aren’t always [...]

October 21, 2020

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