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Uncovering Curiosities: Ben Wheatley’s FREE FIRE

Ben Wheatley’s 2016 film, Free Fire is a black comedy action film and 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 [...]

December 29, 2021

The Dark Knight: A Look Back At Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy

Little did we know how much mainstream moviemaking would change when Christopher Nolan was charged with rebooting the Batman franchise. Released in 2005, Nolan’s Batman Begins took The Dark Knight and transported Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s [...]

December 12, 2021

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Film Becomes A Universal Picture

Movies In Focus previously told you that Christopher Nolan had taking meetings with Hollywood studios about his next film. The dust has settled on talks with Sony, Universal, Paramount and Warner Bros and the champion has been decided. Universal [...]

September 15, 2021

Christopher Nolan Takes His Oppenheimer Film To The Open Market

Director Christopher Nolan is currently taking meetings with Hollywood studios about his next film. The plot is said to focus on J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who played a major role in the creation of atom bomb during World War II. [...]

September 12, 2021

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

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

CLOSED Competition: Win ANTHROPOID Starring Cillian Murphy & Jamie Dornan On DVD

World War II thriller Anthropoid starring Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan hits DVD on 16 January 2016. Movies In Focus is giving away 3 copies of the film on DVD – and all you need to do to enter the competition is complete the below contact form [...]

January 10, 2017

Trailer For Christopher Nolan’s DUNKIRK Has That Old Fashioned Epic War Movie Look

A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan – these are iconic and stirring war movies with an epic feel. I get the feeling that we’ll be adding Christopher Nolan‘s Dunkirk to this list in the future. This teaser [...]

December 14, 2016

The Teaser Poster For DUNKIRK Tells You It’s A Christopher Nolan Movie

Blue hues, a silhouette and a lot of atmosphere – yep, it’s gotta be a Christopher Nolan movie. This poster for Dunkirk lets you know that this will be epic. Just look at what lies beyond. I’ll admit that we’ve seen this [...]

December 13, 2016

Take Cover: The Trailer For Ben Wheatley’s FREE FIRE Hits Hard

Ben Wheatley is putting together one curious filmography. I’ll admit to being disappointed by his recent High-Rise (read the Movies In Focus review) but Free Fire looks like an interesting proposition. However, I think this trailer for the Martin [...]

September 10, 2016

St Patrick’s Day Special: Top Irish Actors

A rundown of the top Irish actors– be warned this isn’t a definitive list – these are just my top picks! Michael Fassbender When I first wrote this, Fassbender was the new acting kid on the block, and on the cusp of being the next big thing. [...]

March 16, 2013