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Review: COCAINE BEAR Lacks Bite – It’s More Like Cocaine Bore!

Cocaine Bear has become much more than a movie. It’s a cultural reference onto itself, a title that conjures up certain B-movie thrills and a trailer that set the internet ablaze. Written by Jimmy Warden, Cocaine Bear is loosely based on a true [...]

March 19, 2023

OSCARS 2023: A Full List Of The 95th Academy Awards Nominations

Movies In Focus is just going to say this up front – I want Top Gun: Maverick to win Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards. The reason being is that it’s a crowd pleaser – a movie. A Hollywood movie. It deserves to win. It would [...]

January 24, 2023

BATGIRL Directors ‘Saddened & Shocked’ As Film Is Cancelled In Post-Production

Batgirl directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have released a statement stating that they are ‘shocked and saddened following the abrupt and shocking announcement that the almost complete DC Comics movie has been shelved for good by Warner [...]

August 3, 2022

BATGIRL Scrapped By Warner Bros – $90 Million Movie Now A Tax Write-Off

In a move which is virtually unprecedented, Warner Bros. has scrapped the release of its Batgirl movie – a film which has already been shot, partly edited and test screened. The film will not be shown in cinemas or HBO Max and instead [...]

August 3, 2022

Podcast – Episode 16: Australian Director Phillip Noyce Talks About His Thriller THE DESPERATE HOUR

Over the last five decades, Australian director Phillip Noyce has shown that he really knows how to handle the thriller genre. Noyce first captured international attention with the acclaimed 1989 film Dead Calm. Starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and [...]

February 20, 2022

First Official Look At Leslie Grace’s BATGIRL Costume

Movies In Focus‘ interest in Batgirl shot-up 100% when it was announced in December 2021 that Michael Keaton would be joining the cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman. I’m just not overly interested in comic book characters that aren’t [...]

January 15, 2022

Michael Keaton Is Back As Batman In BATGIRL Movie

It looks like Michael Keaton will be keeping on the Bat cowl for a little while longer. After a 30 year absence, Keaton has just completed filming a turn as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Andy Muschietti’s The Flash – and now he’s set to [...]

December 27, 2021

Trailer: Steven Soderbergh’s NO SUDDEN MOVE Starring Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, David Harbour, Ray Liotta, Jon Hamm & Brendan Fraser

Here’s the full trailer for Stephen Soderbergh latest film, No Sudden Move. Written by Ed Solomon, the film is a 1950s-set crime movie with an all-star cast. Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro and David Harbour, Ray Liotta, Jon Hamm, Brendan [...]

June 8, 2021

Teaser Trailer For Steven Soderbergh’s All-Star NO SUDDEN MOVE

The mighty Stephen Soderbergh shows no sign of slowing down. Hot on the heels of 2020’s Let Them All Talk comes No Sudden Move, anew crime movie from the Oscar-winning auteur. The 1950s set drama features yet another all-star cast including [...]

May 20, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE MUMMY RETURNS

Stephen Sommers – 2001 The Mummy Returns is another enjoyable action-adventure from director Stephen Sommers. It’s not quite as good as its predecessor, but this is a good attempt at recreating the magic of that surprise 1999 hit. The [...]

October 25, 2020

Notebook Reviews: GODS AND MONSTERS

Bill Condon – 1998 Gods And Monsters is a beautiful film, superbly directed by Bill Condon. Ian McKellen is excellent as Frankenstein director James Whale and the actor brings the requisite amount of emotion to the role of Whale in his [...]

August 26, 2020

Trailer: It’s An EYE FOR AN EYE For John Travolta & Morgan Freeman

If Eye For An Eye (aka Poison Rose) was made 20 years ago it would have had a big budget, a large marketing push and it would probably have grossed $100 million. However, we’re now in 2019 and the world of movies has changed – and that [...]

June 11, 2019

Bill Condon Is The Perfect Person To Direct BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

Bill Condon‘s 1998 film Gods And Monsters starring Ian McKellen and Brendan Fraser is something of a masterpiece (it won an Oscar in 1999 for Best Adapted Screenplay). The biopic of Frankenstein and Bride Of Frankenstein director James Whale [...]

April 15, 2017

Show Me THE MUMMY: New Footage In Featurette For Tom Cruise Adventure

The first trailer rocked (check it out) – and now this behind-the-scenes piece for The Mummy continues to make the Tom Cruise starrer look great. I’m excited to see Cruise and Russell Crowe play-off each other and I’m curious to [...]

December 9, 2016

Brendan Fraser Sues Producer of Failed WILLIAM TELL Movie

Brendan Fraser has launched a lawsuit over a failed attempt to bring the legend of William Tell to the screen in 3D. The suit, aimed at producer Todd Moyer states that Fraser is seeking a minimum of $3 million. The Mummy star was first offered the [...]

May 11, 2012