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Behind The Scenes: Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron & John Frankenheimer On The Set Of REINDEER GAMES

Director John Frankenheimer’s Reindeer Games (aka Deception) is a festive thriller starring Ben Affleck as an ex-con forced into robbing a casino at Christmas dressed as Santa Claus. Frankenheimer’s film makes the most of film’s [...]

December 19, 2021

Your Brain Will Hurt After Watching This FAST & FURIOUS 9 Trailer

This trailer for Fast & Furious 9 is certainly…something. There’s so much going on here that my brain can’t process the action. Any pretence that this series is based in reality is long gone – this is comic book stuff [...]

April 14, 2021

Behind The Scenes: George Miller Directs Tom Hardy On The Set Of MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road is unlike any other Hollywood blockbuster and George Miller achieves the impossible by making an big budget action film that fails to play it safe in any way. Miller’s film is epic in scope and ambition and he has [...]

March 3, 2021

Top Christmas Movies: REINDEER GAMES/DECEPTION

Ben Affleck, Gary Senise and Charlize Theron star in Reindeer Games, a festive thriller about a bunch crooks dressed as Santa Claus robbing a casino at Christmas. John Frankenheimer directed the film which bombed back in 2000, grossing $23 million [...]

December 7, 2020

Remembering John Frankenheimer’s REINDEER GAMES Starring Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise and Charlize Theron

Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise and Charlize Theron star in John Frankenheimer’s Reindeer Games (known as Deception in the UK where it went straight to DVD). Frankenheimer’s festive thriller sees a bunch crooks dressed as Santa Claus robbing a [...]

November 21, 2020

How Ridley Scott Got It Wrong With PROMETHEUS

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus begins with the birth of mankind, in an over-blown prologue which sets the tone for things to come. We then cut to Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway (Noomi Rapace and Logan Marshall-Green) who discover a map left [...]

June 18, 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

Movies In Focus’ Photography From The 2020 EE BAFTA Awards

February once again rolled around and that meant that Movies In Focus was again in attendance at the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards. You can read all about my exploits and see the full winners list – or check-out below for [...]

February 3, 2020

FAST & FURIOUS 9 Trailer: Stupid

Movies In Focus has only ever seen one instalment of the ‘Fast & Furious Saga‘ – 2015’s Fast & Furious 7 – and I enjoyed the hell out of it. This ninth instalment of the near 20 year-old franchise looks like [...]

February 1, 2020

Academy Awards 2020: Joker Leads The Oscar Pack

It’s not really a surprise that the multi-award winning, billion dollar grossing Joker is leading the pack with 11 nominations at the 2020 Academy Awards. If I were a betting man, I’d say that Joaquin Phoenix is a lock to win the Best [...]

January 14, 2020

BAFTA 2020: Nominations For The EE British Academy Film Awards

It looks like Joker is no laughing matter. Todd Phillips’ Blockbusting DC Comics film leads the pack at the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards with 11 nominations. Martin Scorsese’s Netflix produced drama The Irishman and Quentin [...]

January 7, 2020

The 2020 Golden Globes Full Nominations List

It’s easy to become cynical when you write about movies. You get to see the good, the bad and the ugly and sometimes that makes you jaded. However, there’s nothing like watching quality movies succeed and when you see the list of [...]

December 9, 2019

Video: See What MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Would Have Been Like With Mel Gibson

Like everyone else, Movies In Focus was blown away by the genius of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road (read the review) in 2015. Miller’s film was a mind-blowing action masterpiece, but deep down we all wanted the mighty Mel Gibson to [...]

September 23, 2019

The Career Of Nicholas Hoult

The talented British actor Nicholas Hoult has already amassed an impressive career since his breakthrough role in About A Boy at just aged 11. Since then, his career has gone from strength to strength, with acclaimed roles independent films and [...]

May 1, 2019

Trailer For David Fincher’s New Netflix Show MINDHUNTER

This trailer for the David Fincher produced/directed Mindhunter doesn’t give away much. You know this Netflix be well composed and thoughtful – but that’s what you expect from a Fincher project. Mindunter hits Netflix in [...]

March 2, 2017

I Don’t Know What The Hell Is Going On With This Trailer For THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS

Who knew that 2001’s Fast and the Furious would have rumbled on to its seventh sequel – now craftily titled Fate of the Furious. I didn’t know that I’d dip into the franchise during episode 7 and enjoy the hell out of it [...]

December 12, 2016

Blu-ray Review: THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR Is A Fairy Tale Fantasy Too Far

The Huntsman: Winter’s War is the follow-up to 2012’s surprisingly good Snow White And The Huntsman. However, there’s been a lot of creative shake-ups since that film scored almost $400 globally. Director Rupert Sanders and star [...]

August 28, 2016

New FAST 8 Image Shows Everyone In Hollywood

Vin Diesel unleashed a new behind the scene pic from Fast 8 – and it pretty much shows everyone in Hollywood. Jason Statham, Kristofer Hivju, Kurt ‘The Legend’ Russell, Tyrese Gibson, Charlize Theron, Vin Diesel, Michelle [...]

June 6, 2016

Diesel Powered FAST 8 Might Become The Fast And The Furiosa

The Fast and Furious franchise continues to mix things up in many surprising ways. The Vin Diesel-led series has added the likes of Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham and Kurt Russell as it went along – and now it would seem that Charlize Theron [...]

February 10, 2016

Blu-ray Review: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – Oh, What A Day… What A Lovely Day!

You really need to check out George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. Miller’s franchise sequel/reboot is truly spectacular. It’s a cacophony of automotive carnage unlike anything that has ever graced the screen. Miller delivers a [...]

September 29, 2015

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