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Behind The Scenes: Robert Pattinson & Matt Reeves On The Set Of THE BATMAN

Director Matt Reeves has decided to focus on Batman’s detective leanings, framing the movie as a serial killer thriller and presenting Gotham City as a gritty rain-soaked metropolis which is rotting from the top down. Setting the film during the [...]

July 6, 2024

Blu-ray Review: You Need To Hunt Down THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME

Joel McCrea and King Kong‘s Faye Wray play the leads in The Most Dangerous Game, a lean and mean 63 minute adventure produced by the legendary RKO Pictures in 1932. Directed by Irving Pichel and Ernest B. Schoedsack, The Most Dangerous Game is [...]

October 10, 2022

CLOSED Competition: Win THE BATMAN On Blu-ray

Unmask the truth behind Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne with The Batman, now on Digital Download and 4K, Blu-ray and DVD on 13th June, and to celebrate its release Movies In Focus has two [...]

June 8, 2022

Review: THE BATMAN Is A Refreshing But Flawed Take On The Dark Knight

The Batman is the latest big screen incarnation of Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s iconic comic book hero. Over the last 30-odd years there have been multiple film takes on Batman from Tim Burton’s brooding gothic noir and Joel Schumacher’s [...]

March 8, 2022

Notebook Reviews: 8MM

Joel Schumacher – 1998. The always interesting Nicolas Cage is on tip-top form in Joel Schumacher‘s neo-noir, 8mm. It’s a highly thrilling and gritty detective film which delves into the dark world of the ‘snuff movie’. [...]

September 11, 2021

Notebook Reviews: SEVEN

David Fincher – 1995. David Fincher’s Seven is a landmark movie in the serial killer thriller genre. It’s a film which can stand repeated viewings – even with that shock ending. A strong premise (death by the seven deadly [...]

September 3, 2021

Notebook Reviews: FALLEN

Gregory Hoblit – 1998 Fallen is a well made supernatural thriller from director Gregory Hoblit. Admittedly, the whole thing is a little far-fetched but it’s so well done that it really doesn’t matter. The film is anchored by a [...]

July 20, 2021

Behind The Scenes: David Fincher Faces The Xenomorph On The Set Of ALIEN 3

Topping Aliens was never going to be easy. James Cameron took Ridley Scott’s 1979 film and turned it up to eleven and upped the threat – the first Alien was a horror movie, and Cameron made an action picture with Vietnam undertones. This [...]

June 2, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Charles B. Pierce’s THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN

The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 horror set in the Texas town of Texarkana. The film is based in a loose fashion on the Phantom Killer who haunted Texarkana in 1946. Charles B. Pierce’s thriller is one of the first in the wave of 1970s [...]

April 25, 2021

Behind The Scenes: David Fincher & Gary Oldman On The Set Of MANK

Is David Fincher‘s Mank a bad film? No, far from it, it’s brilliantly made but it doesn’t work as a piece of finely tuned narrative filmmaking. There’s no drive, no momentum. I’m disappointed to say it, but I found Mank middling [...]

March 30, 2021

Review: David Fincher’s MANK Is Middling Rather Than Masterful

Mank is a gloriously well built film on a technical level, one which is expertly put together by director David Fincher. However, it’s a film without heart and narrative direction. Set in the 1930s and 1940s, the film is mainly about the [...]

March 24, 2021

Academy Awards 2021: A Full List Of Nominations

This Academy Awards nominations have been announced in Los Angeles by Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. There’s a pretty eclectic mix of talent in the running for Oscar gold at the 93rd Academy Awards, which will take place at a virtual [...]

March 15, 2021

Affleck V. Fincher

The mighty Ben Affleck and the great David Fincher recently got together to discuss Fincher’s latest effort, Mank for Variety. The pair worked together on the critical and commercial 2014 film, Gone Girl and they have an easy rapport. This 40 [...]

February 13, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE GAME

David Fincher – 1997 Michael Douglas delivers a fine performance in this dark and twisty thriller from director David Fincher. Sean Penn gives good support, but his role is slight and he’s somewhat under-used. As expected, [...]

December 7, 2020

Full Trailer For David Fincher’s MANK

We all know that David Fincher‘s Mank is going to top tier stuff. That’s to be expected from a master craftsman like Fincher. The film about the writing of Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane has also had a great marketing campaign by [...]

October 22, 2020

Another Great Piece Of Marketing For David Fincher’s MANK

Whoever is in charge of the marketing for David Fincher‘s Netflix movie, Mank is doing a great job. We have a wonderful old-fashioned trailer – and now this beautiful poster delivers in a big, big way. The poster for the Netflix film [...]

October 21, 2020

Glorious Teaser Trailer For David Fincher’s MANK

The colour, the textures – you can tell that the mighty David Fincher has gone all-out in recreating the feel of classic movies for Mank. The film follows Gary Oldman‘s Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Orson [...]

October 8, 2020

FIGHT CLUB: Box Office Isn’t Anything

David Fincher’s Fight Club was a box office failure when it was released back in 1999. The film had a budget of $63 million budget, but it only managed to pull-in $37 million at the US box office. It fared better internationally where it [...]

September 6, 2020

First Images From David Fincher’s MANK

Netflix has dropped the first images from David Fincher‘s Mank. The film sees Gary Oldman play Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he suffers many trials and tribulations whilst working on the screenplay for Orson Welles’ [...]

September 6, 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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