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Remembering The Mighty Joel Schumacher

The mighty Joel Schumacher was born on the 29 August 1939 – the same year that Batman made his first appearance. As one of the all-time great directors, he helmed a wonderful selection of films that included everything from The Incredible [...]

August 29, 2021

The Best Scene In Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS

Steve McQueen’s 2018 film Widows is a screen adaptation of Linda LaPlante’s 1980s mini-series. Transplanting the action across the Atlantic to Chicago, McQueen brings his usual well composed direction to proceedings, turning this pulpy tale [...]

April 13, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Brendan Gleeson, Martin McDonagh & Colin Farrell On The Set Of IN BRUGES

Sometimes all the elements align and a great movie exists because of the talent involved. In Bruges is brilliant because it was written and directed by Martin McDonagh – and it’s brilliant because it stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. [...]

April 4, 2021

Last Day Of Filming On THE BATMAN

It might have taken awhile longer than anticipated, but director Matt Reeves has announced that the last day of filming has finally taken place on The Batman by posting the above image on Twitter. It comes almost a year to the day since the film [...]

March 13, 2021

Teaser Trailer: VOYAGERS Starring Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead & Colin Farrell

Pitched as a sort of science fiction take on Lord Of The Flies, writer-director Neil Burger’s Voyagers seems to have a certain amount of visceral energy (going from the trailer). It’s got a starry young cast (Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose [...]

March 3, 2021

Notebook Reviews: TIGERLAND

Joel Schumacher – 2000 Tigerland is yet another first rate film from director Joel Schumacher. What lifts this Vietnam era drama above the plethora of other ‘bootcamp’ war movies is the quality of the acting. Colin Farrell is [...]

December 29, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Tom Holland & Chris Sarandon On The Set Of FRIGHT NIGHT

Tom Holland’s 1985 vampire flick is still a blast over 35 years after it was first released. On a tonal level Fright Night is very similar to Joel Schumacher’s fellow stylish ‘80s bite pic The Lost Boys. It’s not quite as good as that film, [...]

November 5, 2020

The Bat, The Cat & The Director: Tim Burton Directs Michael Keaton & Michelle Pfeiffer On The Set Of BATMAN RETURNS

Movies In Focus would argue that 1992’s Batman Returns is the best Batman movie. It may or may not be the case, but it’s a film with strong visuals and sense of tone. Michael Keaton returned as Batman, Danny DeVito and Michelle [...]

November 3, 2020

THE BATMAN Is Back! Production Resumes On Matt Reeves’ Dark Knight Movie

Warner Bros.Pictures has confirmed that The Batman is back filming after star Robert Pattinson (allegedly) tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson for Warner Bros. told Variety: “Following a hiatus for COVID 19 quarantine precautions, [...]

September 18, 2020

THE BATMAN Pauses Filming After Robert Pattinson Reportedly Tests Positive For COVID-19

News broke on 3 September that filming on The Batman had once again been shut down after a member of the crew tested positive for COVID-19. Now it is being reported that the crew member in question is the film’s star – Robert [...]

September 4, 2020

Production On Matt Reeves’ THE BATMAN Paused After Crew Member Tests Positive With COVID-19

Matt Reeves’ The Batman only resumed filming at Leavesden on 1 September after production shut-down on 14 March when the Coronavirus pandemic started to sweep the globe. However, after just three days, filming has paused once again after a [...]

September 3, 2020

First Teaser Trailer For Matt Reeves’ THE BATMAN Starring Robert Pattinson

Many would say that there’s not a lot of mileage left in screen adaptations of Batman, but Movies In Focus feels that there’s plenty of ways to keep reinventing The Dark Knight on the big screen (much like in the comics). It looks like [...]

August 24, 2020

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