cillian murphy

Uncovering Curiosities: Sean Ellis’ ANTHROPOID

Anthropoid is a curious WWII dramatic thriller from 2016. It’s probably made even more curious by the fact this true story stars two Irish actors (Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy) as Czech soldiers on a mission to assassinate Nazi officer [...]

March 26, 2021

Lockdown Viewing Recommendation: Ben Wheatley’s FREE FIRE

One of the few good things to come out of the seemingly never-ending lockdown caused by the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic is the opportunity to watch a variety of different films. One title you might want to seek-out is Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire. [...]

May 24, 2020

A QUIET PLACE PART II Trailer – Do We Need This Horror Sequel?

John Krasinksi’s 2018 film, A Quiet Place was a strong entry into the recent wave of top tier horror movies. The film was a virtually dialogue free thriller about a family hiding from sound-driven creatures in rural America. Krasinski kept the [...]

January 3, 2020

Take Christopher Nolan’s DUNKIRK Home This Christmas

Christopher Nolan’s cinematic masterwork, Dunkirk hits home video platforms on 18 December, 2017. The film managed to be weighty, heartfelt and uncompromising – pretty amazing considering the film’s tight 106 minute running [...]

October 31, 2017

Blu-ray Review: FREE FIRE Is Cocked, Locked And Ready To Rock!

Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire is an energetic piece of high-octane cinematic acid jazz. It’s a tightly scripted, smartly executed, perfectly cast actioner that’s as witty as it is violent. This is Wheatley’s most entertaining flick yet, an [...]

August 9, 2017

Big Head With Writing: Final Poster For Christopher Nolan’s DUNKIRK

This is an underwhelming final poster for Christopher Nolan’s WWII epic Dunkirk (see it below). Sure, he’s letting the star of the movie be the movie, but I want something a bit better than a big head and a title. At least it features [...]

June 7, 2017

DUNKIRK Trailer: It Looks Like Christopher Nolan’s Pearl Harbor

I actually really like 2001’s Pearl Harbor. It’s a luscious Jerry Bruckheimer-Michael Bay extravaganza that I can really get behind (despite its flaws) – and I get the same sense of scope from this new trailer for Christopher [...]

May 7, 2017

Somebody Ordered The Full Irish: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan & Pierce Brosnan In H-BLOCK

Wow – what a combination (and a whole lot of A-list Irish)! Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan and Pierce Brosnan will join with director Jim Sheridan for H-Block, the true story of an escape from Belfast’s Maze prison in 1983. The escape saw [...]

April 29, 2017

Review: Ben Wheatley’s FREE FIRE Is Absolutely Amazing!

March 14, 2017

New Trailer & Poster For Ben Wheatley’s Fantastic FREE FIRE

Movies In Focus recently caught Free Fire at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema, where director Ben Wheatley was in attendance for a Q&A session. He talked about how it came together and the difficulties of making a film that’s basically [...]

March 9, 2017

50 Shades Of Dornan: A Look At The Career Of Jamie Dornan

Based on an extraordinary true story, Anthropoid follows the daring plot by two Czechoslovakian agents to assassinate SS officer Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and third in command of the Nazi forces behind Hitler [...]

January 26, 2017

DVD Review: It’s Czech Mate As Jamie Dornan & Cillian Murphy Take On The Nazis In ANTHROPOID

Anthropoid is a curious WWII dramatic thriller. It’s probably made even more curious by the fact this true story stars two Irish actors (Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy) as Czech soldiers on a mission to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard [...]

January 22, 2017

1 2 »