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Trailer: SHE SAID Starring Carey Mulligan & Zoe Kazan Puts The #MeToo Spotlight On Harvey Weinstein

It’s not hyperbole to say Harvey Weinstein’s downfall is the biggest thing to happen to the Hollywood film industry this century. The first major film to tackle the subject is Maria Schrader’s She Said, a drama which looks at [...]

July 14, 2022

Notebook Reviews: INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

Neil Jordan – 1994. Neil Jordan‘s Interview With The Vampire is a great looking gothic horror, which just about holds the attention. All the elements are there, but Jordan’s film lacks bite! Tom Cruise goes against type as the [...]

October 16, 2021

Notebook Reviews: MEET JOE BLACK

Martin Brest – 1998. Meet Joe Black may have flopped hard on its cinematic release, but this Martin Brest directed romantic drama is rather excellent. The film’s three-hour running time might be ponderous for some, but Brest’s film [...]

October 15, 2021

Apple Studios Scores Expensive George Clooney & Brad Pitt Thriller

Movies In Focus previously told you that Ocean’s 11 co-stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt were set to reteam for a new thriller from Spider-Man director Jon Watts. At the time Sony, Lionsgate, Annapurna, MGM, Universal, Warner Bros, Apple [...]

September 30, 2021

George Clooney & Brad Pitt Reteam For New Jon Watts Thriller

Ocean’s 11 co-stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt are set to reteam for a new thriller from writer/director Jon Watts (Spider-Man). Little is known about the plot other than it follows ‘two lone-wolf fixers who are assigned to the same [...]

September 25, 2021

Notebook Reviews: SEVEN

David Fincher – 1995. David Fincher’s Seven is a landmark movie in the serial killer thriller genre. It’s a film which can stand repeated viewings – even with that shock ending. A strong premise (death by the seven deadly [...]

September 3, 2021

Don Cheadle Says Steven Soderbergh Is ‘Thinking About’ OCEAN’S 14

The great Steven Soderbergh‘s Ocean’s 11 turns 20 in 2021. The film now seems like a quaint piece of filmmaking, but it scored $450 million at the worldwide box office and spawned two successful sequels (Ocean’s 12 and [...]

June 30, 2021

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

Movies In Focus At The 2020 EE BAFTA Film Awards And The Full Winners List

Sunday 2 February 2020 was the day when the film industry donned its finest (recycled) clothing before descending on London’s Royal Albert Hall for the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards. Movies In Focus once again attended the event, [...]

February 3, 2020

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