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Uncovering Curiosities: Nicolas Roeg’s DON’T LOOK NOW

The great Nicolas Roeg‘s 1973 release, Don’t Look Now is an expertly crafted horror/thriller. A now iconic piece of cinema, Roeg’s film not only delivers on eerie atmosphere, but it also has serious dramatic and emotional heft. It [...]

November 4, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Philip Kaufman’s INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

Movie remakes have a bad name, but Philip Kaufman’s Invasion Of The Body Snatchers doesn’t try to replicate Don Siegel’s 1950s classic – this film is its own thing. Kaufman’s 1978 film uses Jack Finney’s novel in the same way that [...]

August 28, 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

Notebook Reviews: SPACE COWBOYS

Clint Eastwood – 2000 Clint Eastwood‘s Space Cowboys plays like Armageddon for old folks – and I don’t mean that in a derogatory way. This is one of Eastwood’s finest crowd-pleasers. The cast is great with Eastwood, [...]

April 21, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Jon Cassar’s FORSAKEN

If you’re looking for a straightforward western with a great cast then Forsaken is the movie for you. Kiefer Sutherland joins forces with his father Donald for the first time (they never shared a screen in Joel Schumacher’s A Time To Kill), [...]

February 14, 2021

Trailer: THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY Starring Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger & Donald Sutherland

The Burnt Orange Heresy hits cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 30 October, and this trailer for the art-centric thriller sells the hell out of it. A classy cast (Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland) and an [...]

October 13, 2020

Notebook Reviews: VIRUS

John Bruno – 1999 Virus is a highly derivative sci-fi/horror which hardly breaks new ground – but having said that, it’s schlocky B-movie fun. A cross between Alien, Terminator and Deep Rising, the film is directed by former [...]

September 22, 2020

Nicolas Roeg, Donald Sutherland And Julie Christie On The Set Of DON’T LOOK NOW

Nicolas Roeg’s screen adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s short story, Don’t Look Now brings together a lot of wonderful elements to deliver one of the great films of the 1970s. Gothic horror, thriller, drama, religious iconography, loss [...]

May 9, 2020

More Movies To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

Movies In Focus has already delivered one list of essential movies to watch during COVID-19/Coronavirus shutdown. Things are having a serious post apocalyptic feel – a real dystopian future vibe is taking hold of the planet. We’re all [...]

March 18, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Spend Time With Sylvester Stallone In LOCK UP

Lock Up might not be Sylvester Stallone’s finest hour, but if you check your brain at the door and embrace its silliness then you’ll likely have a good enough time. This prison thriller sees Stallone’s salt-of-the-earth prisoner having a [...]

September 29, 2019

Review: Nicolas Roeg’s Timeless Classic DON’T LOOK NOW

Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now is a stunningly crafted horror/thriller from 1973. It’s a classic, a wonderfully realised piece of cinema which delivers on a dramatic and an emotional level. This is how you make a horror movie. Based [...]

July 20, 2019

Do Look Now: Remastered DON’T LOOK NOW Returns To The Big Screen Before Hitting DVD & Blu-ray

Don’t Look Now, based on Daphne du Maurier’s short story is a stunningly shot horror/thriller from 1973. The film follows a couple, John and Laura Baxter (Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie) as they try to rebuild their lives following the [...]

June 10, 2019

DVD Review: Kiefer Sutherland Joins Forces With Dad Donald For Western FORSAKEN

July 26, 2016

DVD Review: William Hurt And Ethan Hawk Have A Whale Of A Time In MOBY DICK

This well produced 2011 mini-series of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick gets quite a lot right in its casting (William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Gillian Anderson and Donald Sutherland), however the limitations of its television origins are shown in the [...]

October 11, 2014

DVD Review: FRANKENSTEIN Is A faithful Adaptation Of Mary Shelley’s Tale

The story of Frankenstein has been told many times on screen. Some have been great and others have been terrible – this 2004 television fits somewhere in between (possibly nudging towards the former) as it’s a faithful adaptation of Mary [...]

January 12, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Paranoid Sci-Fi With INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

Movie remakes have a bad name, but Philip Kaufman’s Invasion Of The Body Snatchers doesn’t try to replicate Don Siegel’s 1950s classic – this film is its own thing. Kaufman uses Jack Finney’s novel in the same way that John Carpenter [...]

December 8, 2013

DON’T LOOK NOW: St Mary’s, Mayhem And Nicolas Roeg

On Halloween night I had the chance to catch Don’t Look Now as part of the Mayhem horror film festival (in conjunction with Broadway Cinema). As a resident of Nottingham, it’s always good to see events like this take place. However, Don’t Look [...]

November 2, 2013

Review: Discover Who Killed Kennedy In Oliver Stone’s JFK

JFK may just be the quintessential Oliver Stone movie. It covers US politics, it has a sprawling storyline, it’s filled with paranoia and it’s high on kinetic energy. It may also be his best film. It is now difficult to remember how much of an [...]

April 5, 2012