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Remembering The Great Tony Scott

Director Tony Scott was born on June 21st 1944. He followed in the footsteps of his older brother, director Ridley Scott, by attending Art College. He then made his way into the advertising industry, working for his brother’s company, Ridley [...]

August 19, 2022

Oscars 2022: The Full Academy Awards Winners List

The 94th Academy Awards took place on Sunday 27th March 2022. The event was pretty much over shadowed by Best Actor winner Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. If the night [...]

March 28, 2022

Academy Awards 2022: A Full List Of Oscar Nominations

Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog leads the charge at this year’s Academy Awards. The Netflix western scored 12 nominations including Best Director for Campion. Campion is now the first woman to have been nominated for best director [...]

February 10, 2022

The Great Sidney Poitier Dies Aged 94

Blackboard Jungle, Edge of the City, A Raisin in the Sun, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Defiant Ones, Dual At Diablo, In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? and To Sir, With Love – the great Sidney Poitier had a [...]

January 9, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Dan Gilroy’s ROMAN J. ISRAEL ESQ.

A rare Denzel Washington film that failed to connect with audiences, Roman J. Israel, Esq. is the star’s lowest grossing film since Mississippi Masala back in 1992. Budgeted at $22 million, the 2017 legal drama grossed just $11.9 million in [...]

October 18, 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

Review: Christopher Nolan’s TENET Is A Flawed Cinematic Wonder

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is a film which can be enjoyed, but it’s highly likely that you won’t really understand it. It takes a lot of big ideas – and a lot of big moviemaking techniques to ultimately deliver a film which [...]

April 2, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE BONE COLLECTOR

Phillip Noyce – 1999 The Bone Collector is an enjoyable, if routine serial killer thriller starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. The always reliable Philip Noyce‘s direction is slick and solid (and very 1980s) and he [...]

January 8, 2021

This Is Not A Review: Tentative TENET Thoughts

Movies In Focus finally saw Christopher Nolan‘s Tenet. Like many, it was my first time in the cinema for a long time – and the way things are going it’s going to be the last visit for another while. This isn’t really a review [...]

November 1, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE HURRICANE

Norman Jewison – 1999 [usr 3.5 text=”false”] The Hurricane is a noble biopic of Rueben Carter, the middleweight boxer who was falsely accused of murder in 1966 (immortalised in the wonderful Bob Dylan song). Norman Jewison offers [...]

April 8, 2020

DVD Review: ROMAN J. ISRAEL ESQ. Has Good Characterisation But Poor Structure

A rare Denzel Washington film that failed to connect with audiences, Roman J. Israel, Esq. is the star’s lowest grossing film since Mississippi Masala back in 1992 (fun fact: both these films have terrible titles). Written and directed by Dan [...]

June 16, 2018

OSCARS 2018: A Full List Of Nominations – A Year Of Surprises

The Shape of Water leads the pack at the 90th Academy Awards, with a total 13 nominations. Dunkirk managed eight nods, while Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri trailed the Christopher Nolan pic with seven. It’s [...]

January 23, 2018

Oscars 2017: The Winners At The 89th Academy Awards – And That Big Mix-Up!

It’s highly likely the 89th Academy Awards wouldn’t have been particularly memorable it hadn’t been for the major mix-up with the climatic announcement for Best Picture. However, somehow the folks from PricewaterhouseCoopers [...]

February 27, 2017

Oscars 2017: A Full List Of Nominations; Hollywood Goes Gaga For LA LA LAND

La La Land leads the charge at this year’s Academy Awards. The musical scored 14 nominations, equally the record held by All About Eve and Titanic. Damien Chapelle’s musical is the one to beat this year and it’s likely it’ll [...]

January 24, 2017

Go Mel! Full List Of Golden Globe Nominations

The nominations for the 74th Golden Globe Awards have been announced – and Mel Gibson‘s Hacksaw Ridge has a strong showing (seven nods, same as La La Land). That’s what I call a comeback. Go Mel! A whole host of Movies In Focus [...]

December 12, 2016

Trailer For THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN With Denzel Washington And Chris Pratt Has No Surprises

This trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven delivers exactly what you would expect. I’m not sure if this is a must-see flick, but I’m sure I’ll catch it at some point. The cast is interesting – I’ll give it that. Oh, and [...]

April 21, 2016

Chadwick Boseman Falls Into The Kill Hole In The Taxi Driver Inspired KILL ZONE

Mischa Webley’s Kill Zone (also called The Kill Hole) is a weird hybrid of an action movie and a socially conscious anti-war thriller. The film may not be totally successful in its attempt to update the post-war vet drama and merge it with some [...]

July 4, 2015

DVD Review: Michael B. Jordan In Ryan Coogler’s FRUITVALE STATION

Ryan Coogler makes a powerful film debut with Fruitvale Station, the true-life story of Oscar Grant, the 22 year old who was shot by the police at the eponymous station on New Year’s Day in 2009. At the centre of the film is Michael B. Jordan, who [...]

October 9, 2014

DVD Review: Washington And Wahlberg Are Cocked, Locked And Ready To Rock In 2 GUNS

2 Guns plays like cinematic popcorn – it’s light, enjoyable but it lacks real substance. That’s not a bad thing when you like your action movies slick and stylish. Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg share great chemistry in this old-fashioned [...]

November 24, 2013

Kurt Russell To Star In FAST & FURIOUS 7; Now I’ll Have To Watch It

I have never watched a Fast And Furious movie. I came close with the first movie on video – or maybe it was DVD – when I caught the first five or ten minutes. However, I turned it off to watch the making of The Phantom Menace. That’s how I [...]

August 31, 2013

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