brett ratner

Notebook Reviews: RUSH HOUR

Brett Ratner – 1998 Rush Hour is a film which I didn’t like first time around – but it’s much better on second viewing. The selling point of this action-filled comedy is the relationship between Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker [...]

April 25, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE FAMILY MAN

Brett Ratner – 2000 The Family Man is a pretty good fantasy/drama from director Brett Ratner. The film features yet another strong performance from Nicolas Cage and a good supporting cast (Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle and Jeremy Piven). The [...]

January 29, 2021

Remembering The Cinematic Atrocity That Is MOVIE 43

Movie 43 totally beefed-it at the box office during its theatrical release in 2013 but its $6 million budget mean that it tuned a profit after grossing $8.8 million at the US box office and $32.4 million globally. This comes despite a top tier [...]

August 17, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Brett Ratner Directs Pierce Brosnan On The Set Of AFTER THE SUNSET

Movies In Focus has a serious soft spot for the 2004 Pierce Brosnan starrer After the Sunset. Directed by Brett Ratner, the heist comedy is like a spiritual cousin to Brosnan’s 1999 romantic caper The Thomas Crown Affair. Co-starring Salma [...]

August 14, 2020

DVD Review: Pierce Brosnan Shows You How To Make Love Like An Englishman In LESSONS IN LOVE

Lessons In Love (aka Some Kind of Beautiful/ How to Make Love Like an Englishman) is a light and breezy romantic comedy that sees Pierce Brosnan exude effortless charm as Richard Haig, a womanising lecturer whose life hits a major bump when his [...]

November 15, 2015

Blu-ray Review: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST – THE ROGUE CUT Resets The Timeline And Loses The Magic

Bryan Singer returns to the X-Men series with X-Men: Days Of Future Past. This serves as a prequel, sequel and reboot to what has come before, resetting plot-lines and characters to ensure the longevity of the fifteen year old franchise. The Rogue [...]

July 18, 2015

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Concept Art: Angel’s Back For Bryan Singer

Bryan Singer is the man who helped create the superhero genre with X-Men back in 2000. He returned to the franchise last year with X-Men: Days Of Future past, revitalising it by merging the original cast (including Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen and [...]

April 11, 2015

Brett Ratner To Direct MIDNIGHT RUN 2 – I’m Okay With That!

Much despised director Brett Ratner is set to direct the sequel to Robert DeNiro’s 1988 film Midnight Run. David Elliot & Paul Lovett have been hired to re-write the script, and while many will be furious at Ratner’s appointment – I’m [...]

March 22, 2015

Strange Bedfellows: Warren Beatty, Brett Ratner… and Michael Jackson

They say pictures are worth a thousand words, but this one of Warren Beatty, Michael Jackson and Brett Ratner leaves me speechless. Beatty and Ratner is easy to get. The pair have been friends for years and Ratner is producing Beatty’s forthcoming [...]

November 22, 2014

Jerry Bruckheimer Back At Paramount For BEVERLY HILLS COP 4 And TOP GUN 2

Jerry Bruckheimer’s movies have banked more than $16 billion globally – the majority of that at Disney (Armageddon, The Rock, Pearl Harbour, Pirates of the Caribbean, Crimson Tide). The financial disappointment of The Lone Ranger was the final [...]

December 7, 2013

DVD Review: The Lack Of Humour In MOVIE 43 Is No Joke

Movie 43 arrives on DVD with low expectations. The anthology comedy received disastrous reviews and it totally beefed-it at the box office during its theatrical release. This ravaging comes despite a top tier cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Kate [...]

June 21, 2013

Is Christopher Nolan In Talks To Direct JAMES BOND 24?

Christopher Nolan has made no secret that he’s a fan of the James Bond franchise. The director has liberally lifted elements from the 50 year old film series and used them to inspire some of the best moments in his films – Inception and the [...]

May 18, 2013

Bryan Singer Returns To Direct X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

I was somewhat saddened when Matthew Vaughn dropped directing duties on X-Men: Days Of Future Past (much like I was when he dropped out of Kick Ass 2), it looked like the good work he put into X-Men: First Class might go to waste if 20th Century Fox [...]

November 1, 2012

Warren Beatty On HOWARD HUGHES Movie: No Wine Before Its Time

Warren Beatty was celebrating the Beverly Hills Hotel’s 100th anniversary, when he was asked by the Hollywood Reporter about his Howard Hughes movie. Beatty is quoted as saying, simply “No wine before its time”. Ishtar star Beatty is [...]

June 20, 2012