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Don Johnson & Daniel Craig In The Trailer For Rian Johnson’s KNIVES OUT

Movies In Focus loves a whodunnit. It’s a trait I inherited from my mother (boy, does she love a good murder). Therefore I was already sold on Last Jedi director Rian Johnson‘s Agatha Christie inspired Knives Out. Throw in the [...]

July 2, 2019

AVENGERS: ENDGAME Opening Breaks Box Office Records

I’ve been keeping an eye on box office numbers since 1991 when Terminator 2: Judgment Day hit the screen. I’ve seen records set and broken but I have to admit that even I’m surprised at the mind-boggling grosses Avengers: Endgame is racking [...]

April 28, 2019

No Más: AVENGERS: ENDGAME Trailer

I can’t take it anymore. I’m tired, exhausted and unable to continue with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The fans will be there of course but I’m bailing on Avengers: Endgame. No more. Billions of dollars will be banked and then [...]

December 11, 2018

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Breaks All Sorts Of Box Office Records

What superhero movie fatigue? Avengers: Infinity War is on track to score $247.1 million at the US box office over its first weekend – the second best opening of all time behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ $247.96 million – [...]

April 29, 2018

10 Things To Take Away From The AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON London Press Conference

The London press conference for Avengers: Age Of Ultron was a hectic affair, as press from the UK and Europe descended on the city to quiz the movie’s stars. Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans, Aaron [...]

April 22, 2015

A Terrible Poster For AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

Avengers: Age Of Ultron will likely make well over $1 billion at the global box office. It’s as if the marketing team got together and decided to kick-back and relax, safe in the knowledge that they didn’t have to do much work to create this [...]

February 26, 2015

Trailer For AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Lacks Event Movie Status

The Marvel movie bubble isn’t going to burst anytime soon (I keep writing about fatigue but it hasn’t come…yet). Each movie keeps making more and more money at the box office but even the biggest Marvel fans will have to admit that [...]

January 15, 2015

Marvel Phase Three: Sequels, Spin-offs, Black Panther & New AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Clip

Marvel Studios has announced its Phase Three movie plans and the Marvel fanboys can’t contain themselves. ‘This is wonderful news’ the say, ‘it’s brilliant’. I say it’s overkill – do we really need a 2-part [...]

October 30, 2014

New Teaser Trailer And Poster For Marvel’s AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

It’s pretty much a given at this point that Marvel‘s Avengers: Age of Ultron will be the highest grossing film of summer 2015 (it opens in the UK on 24 April). The Marvel brand keeps going from strength to strength and this [...]

October 23, 2014

No IRON MAN 4 For Robert Downey Jr; He’s Getting $40 Million For CAPTAIN AMERICA 3

Robert Downey Jr has been talking a lot about Iron Man while doing the publicity for his latest (and non Marvel) movie The Judge. He’s been talking about his contract (which is nearly up) and how his Tony Stark/Iron Man character can be used [...]

October 14, 2014

Robert Downey Jr. To Earn $50 Million From THE AVENGERS

The Avengers is smashing box office records left, right and center – making a lot of money for Marvel, Disney and Paramount Pictures. The $220 million budgeted adventure (at the time of writing) is closing in on $400 million at the domestic box [...]

May 12, 2012

Review: Marvel’s THE AVENGERS

What can be said about Marvel‘s The Avengers (or Avengers Assemble) that can’t be pushed out the way Hulk-style by someone proclaiming box office numbers? Probably not a lot. However, for once box office and the quality of a film seem to be [...]

May 10, 2012