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Notebook Reviews: OCEAN’S 11

Steven Soderbergh – 2001 Wow! You really just can’t top this heist caper from the great Steven Soderbergh – and what a cast he’s assembled: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, Elliot Gould and [...]

May 16, 2021

George Clooney – The Last Of The Movie Stars

There are movie stars and then there is George Clooney. The actor, who turned 60 years old on 6 May, 2021 is the epitome of old style charm and charisma and he has been compared to Cary Grant on so many occasions that it would be superfluous to do [...]

May 6, 2021

Notebook Reviews: SPY GAME

Tony Scott – 2001 Spy Game is a hugely enjoyable old-school espionage thriller from the great Tony Scott. This is a visually impressive and incredibly tense piece, featuring the wonderful pairing of Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. Redford is [...]

May 4, 2021

Behind The Scenes: David Ayer, Brad Pitt & Shia LaBeouf On The Set Of FURY

Fury is Brad Pitt’s second go-around in a WWII movie, having previously starred in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds but David Ayer’s 2014 film is a different beast entirely. Tarantino’s film was a comic book look at the war, while [...]

March 6, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Terry Gilliam Directs Bruce Willis & Brad Pitt On The Set Of 12 MONKEYS

Inspired by Chris Marker’s 1962 short film La Jetée, Terry Gilliam‘s 12 Monkeys sees Bruce Willis sent back in time to stop the release of a virus which all but wipeout humanity. He’s mistaken for a mental patient by Madeleine [...]

January 13, 2021

FIGHT CLUB: Box Office Isn’t Anything

David Fincher’s Fight Club was a box office failure when it was released back in 1999. The film had a budget of $63 million budget, but it only managed to pull-in $37 million at the US box office. It fared better internationally where it [...]

September 6, 2020

The Great Train Robbery Sequence In THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

Released in 2007, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was a commercial flop on its release. That’s a huge shame because Andrew Dominik’s western is a glorious piece of cinema. It cost $30 million to produce, but [...]

August 17, 2020

Robert Redford, Brad Pitt & Tony Scott On The Set Of SPY GAME

Nobody shot action quite like the late Tony Scott. He was a first rate visual artist who managed to put his stamp on the Hollywood action movie, delivering a style that was copied by many, but never matched. Smoky visuals and orange filters were [...]

April 7, 2020

The BASTERDS Have Landed

Movies In Focus revisited Quentin Tarantino‘s 2009 film Inglorious Bastards for the first time in maybe eight or nine years. I remembered the two big stand-out scenes – the opening sequence and the tavern stand-off and they both hold-up [...]

April 2, 2020

The Army Of The 12 MONKEYS

Current world events means that a lot of people are watching post-apocalyptic films. Movies In Focus recently re-watched Terry Gilliam’s 1995 release 12 Monkeys. I hadn’t seen it in about 15 years, and I was impressed by how well it [...]

March 24, 2020

Even More Movies To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

At the minute we’re all living in the first act of a post-apocalyptic movie. We’re embracing the unknown, falling head-first into a future/present that we can’t really comprehend due to COVID-19/Coronavirus. Movies In [...]

March 19, 2020

The Best Movies To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

The world is slowly shutting down due to COVID-19. The Coronavirus means a lot of people across the globe will be locking themselves in, self isolating and keeping away from the general population. These are unprecedented times. Cinemas across the [...]

March 16, 2020