die hard

Podcast – Episode 22: Legendary Screenwriter Steven E. de Souza On His Hollywood Career & Films Such As Die Hard, 48 Hours, Hudson Hawk & More!

Steven E. de Souza, the acclaimed screenwriter and director joins Niall Browne for this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast. Mega hits and cult classics such as 48 Hours, Commando, Die Hard, The Running Man, Die Hard 2, Hudson Hawk, [...]

October 17, 2022

Bruce Willis Retires From Acting Because Of Health Issues

The family of Bruce Willis has announced that the 67-year-old star is “stepping away” from acting because of health issues. Willis has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, a condition which impacts cognitive abilities – it can affect [...]

March 31, 2022

Remembering The Great Alan Rickman

The great Alan Rickman made movies better. No matter the film, no matter the role, Rickman delivered on a level that only the best actors can. He was able to cover a multitude of colours in every performance and he could move from evil to charming [...]

January 14, 2022

Movies To Watch This Christmas

Christmastime is here again and Movies In Focus is presenting you with a list of Christmas movies to watch over the festive season. Some are naughty and some are nice, but they’re definitely an intriguing selection of movies to light-up your [...]

December 4, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Jan de Bont, John McTiernan & Bruce Willis On The Set Of DIE HARD

When Die Hard was released in the summer of 1988 Bruce Willis was known primarily as a comedic television actor, and he only won the role of John McClane when it was turned down by Arnold Schwarzenegger (it is often erroneously believed to have [...]

December 3, 2021

Writer Steven E. de Souza Explains Why The First Two DIE HARD Films Are The Best

A few days ago, Movies In Focus tweeted that 1990’s Die Hard 2 (aka Die Hard 2: Die Harder) was the second best Die Hard movie after John McTiernan’s 1988 original. That tweet was seen by Steven E. de Souza, the [...]

October 10, 2021

Notebook Reviews: AIR FORCE ONE

Wolfgang Petersen – 1997. German director Wolfgang Petersen‘s Air Force One is an entertaining action film with a good turn from the always reliable Harrison Ford. Ford plays the US President tackling terrorists on the titular aircraft, [...]

September 13, 2021

Money For Nothing: Watch A Deekpake Bruce Willis In A Russian Phone Advert

Movies In Focus told you that Bruce Willis had licensed his likeness for use in an advert for Russian phone carrier, MegaFon. The advert’s makers used deepfake technology to digitally place Willis’ face over that of a stand-in. Now you [...]

August 19, 2021

No More Filming For Bruce Willis! Die Hard Star To Use Deepfake Tech For New Advert

At this point in his career Bruce Willis is well known for making movies where he spends a couple of days on set (if that) and then collecting $1 million a day for the pleasure. A lot of his scenes are filmed using doubles for shots in long distance [...]

August 18, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Pierce Brosnan & Director Scott Mann On The Set Of FINAL SCORE

Dave Bautista gets his own Die Hard movie with 2018’s Final Score, an action packed thriller which sees the big man tackling terrorists during a football match. Scott Mann’s film is derivative, but there’s plenty of bone-crunching fun to [...]

August 14, 2021

Review: MIDNIGHT IN THE SWITCHGRASS Starring Megan Fox, Emile Hirsch & Bruce Willis Is Dire

Another week brings another movie that sees the once great Bruce Willis sleepwalk his way through 12 minutes of screen-time for a $1 million payday. This time around the film is Midnight In The Switchgrass, a serial killer movie which marks the [...]

July 29, 2021

Review: Bruce Willis & Jamie King Are OUT OF DEATH (Whatever That Means)

Mike Burns’ directorial debut, Out Of Death sees Jaime King and Bruce Willis chased through the woods by a bunch of crooked cops when a drug deal goes bad. Those with a passing knowledge of Willis’ ever-growing list of VOD credits know that [...]

July 20, 2021

Yippee Ki-Yay! DIE HARD Turns 33 Years Old

Die Hard is a great example of the Hollywood studio system getting moviemaking right – the film is a perfect storm of story and talent coming together. It is hard to fathom that the action-thriller was such an unknown quantity when it was first [...]

July 16, 2021

UK Trailer & Poster For OUT OF DEATH Starring Jaime King & Bruce Willis

out There’s a certain amount of fun to be had with Out Of Death, the new thriller starring Bruce Willis and Jamie King. It’s no classic, but it’s a solid enough B-movie – if you’re in the mood for that sort of [...]

July 14, 2021

Trailer & Poster: Jaime King & Bruce Willis Are OUT OF DEATH

Another week means yet another action-thriller co-starring Bruce Willis. We’ve just seen the trailer for Willis’ Midnight In The Switchgrass and now the Die Hard star joins Jamie King in Out Of Death. Mike Burns directs the [...]

June 23, 2021

Notebook Reviews: DIE HARD 2

Renny Harlin – 1990 Action maestro Renny Harlin delivers a brilliant follow-up to John McTiernan’s 1988 masterpiece. This 1990 release has first-rate action set pieces – which help make it a genre stand-out. Bruce Willis is once [...]

June 22, 2021

Trailer: Randall Emmett’s MIDNIGHT IN THE SWITCHGRASS Starring Megan Fox, Emile Hirsch & Bruce Willis

Prolific producer Randall Emmett makes his directing debut with Midnight In The Switchgrass, a serial killer thriller starring the eclectic mix of Megan Fox, Bruce Willis, Emile Hirsch, Lukas Haas, Colson ‘Machine Gun Kelly’ Baker, [...]

June 10, 2021

Marvel Studios Celebrates The Movies – But It’s Really Celebrating The Death Of Cinema

This trailer montage is titled Marvel Studios Celebrates The Movies – but it’s just promoting the studios upcoming slate which includes the long delayed Black Widow, Chloe Zhao’s Eternals and Shang Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings [...]

May 4, 2021

Yippee Ki-Yay Bruce Willis

The mighty Bruce Willis turned 66 years old on 19 March 2021. Willis will always be remembered for the role of John McClane in the Die Hard franchise, but to many he will always be David Addison, the character he played in the ‘80s television [...]

March 19, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Johannes Roberts’ STORAGE 24

Take a measure of John Carpenter mixed spice (The Thing, Assault On Precinct 13), add a touch of Alien, a pinch of Shaun of the Dead and a smidgen of Die Hard, bring to the boil and rest. Now, get ready to serve-up Storage 24. Director Johannes [...]

March 6, 2021

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