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Behind the Scenes: John Wayne On The Set Of TRUE GRIT

The great John Wayne won an Academy Award for his turn as Rooster Cogburn in 1969’s True Grit (it was the actor’s only Oscar win in his lengthy career). Based on the novel of the same name by Charles Portis, the western was directed by [...]

November 20, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Dennis Hopper’s COLORS

Dennis Hopper’s 1988 cop drama Colors might be a product of its time (the Rap soundtrack dates it) but it’s also pretty relevant for what’s happening today with the police force across the US. Sean Penn and Robert Duvall play patrol car [...]

August 25, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: L.M. Kit Carson & Lawrence Schiller’s THE AMERICAN DREAMER

The American Dreamer is a 1971 documentary that follows Dennis Hopper as he puts together The Last Movie. Directors L.M. Kit Carson, Lawrence Schiller had total access to Hopper and what they’ve produced is a weird counter-culture documentary that [...]

August 6, 2021

Remembering SUPER MARIO BROS: THE MOTION PICTURE Starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo & Dennis Hopper

It’s hard to imagine how big a failure Super Marion Bros: The Motion Picture was on its release in 1993. Directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, the film was supposed to be the film that brought video games and movies together, a lucrative [...]

May 25, 2021

Notebook Reviews: WATERWORLD

Kevin Reynolds – 1995 Kevin Reynolds’ Waterworld is a good old fashioned swashbuckler with a sci-fi edge – it’s a film which definitely didn’t deserve all the bad press at the time of release. Kevin Costner enjoys [...]

October 4, 2020

Closed Competition: Win Kevin Costner’s Sci-Fi Epic WATERWORLD On DVD

Kevin Costner’s epic 1995 action-adventure, Waterworld is being released on Blu-ray by Fabulous Films on 12 October. To celebrate the release of the Kevin Reynold’s directed sci-fi film, Movies In Focus is giving 2 readers the [...]

September 25, 2020

Notebook Reviews: ED TV

Ron Howard – 1999 The always reliable Ron Howard delivers this first-rate satire, which is dressed-up as a romantic comedy in ED TV. Matthew McConaughey is excellent as the laidback everyday guy who gets his life turned into TV show. It also [...]

April 9, 2020

The Passing Of Peter Fonda

Actor Peter Fonda has died at the age of 79. Born on 23 February 1940, the counterculture icon was the son of Henry Fonda, brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget Fonda. He died on 16 August 2019, the cause of death was respiratory failure [...]

August 17, 2019

Netflix Brings Us Orson Welles’ Last Film THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND

One of cinema’s holy grails is finally about to see the light of day. After years of wrangling, Netflix will bring Orson Welles‘ The Other Side Of The Wind to to the screen. The unfinished film has been on the radar for cineasts fans [...]

March 16, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Peter Fonda & Warren Oates Take Counterculture To The West With THE HIRED HAND

Easy Rider helped change the mechanics of Hollywood when it was released in 1969. Both Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda were given carte blanche by Universal Pictures to produce whatever they wanted, with Hopper going on to produce the ill-fated The [...]

November 21, 2016