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15 Things To Know Before Seeing MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One hits cinema screens around the globe this week. The seventh instalment in the long-running spy franchise once again sees Tom Cruise conduct gravity-defying stunts as intrepid IMF agent Ethan Hunt. [...]

July 5, 2023

Notebook Reviews: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2

John Woo – 2000. Mission: Impossible 2 is an enjoyable and slick action sequel. Stylistically, this John Woo directed film is very different from Brian De Palma’s 1996 original – but it manages to be great in its own way. Tom [...]

September 5, 2021

15 Things You Need To Know Before You See MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT

Mission: Impossible – Fallout hits cinema screens around the globe at end of July. The sixth instalment in the long-running spy franchise once again sees Tom Cruise conduct gravity defying stunts as intrepid IMF agent Ethan Hunt. Before you [...]

June 30, 2018

DVD Review: If You’re Looking For A Film About The Clash – LONDON TOWN Isn’t It

If you’re looking for a biopic of The Clash, then look elsewhere. Joe Strummer might be a character in London Town, but he’s on the periphery, skirting the main narrative and appearing as a ‘fairy godmother’ type figure to the film’s young [...]

December 31, 2016

Unleash The Terror: The Line-Up For The 2016 MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL

Movies In Focus is a huge admirer of the Mayhem Film Festival. The festival, which is the brain-child of Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil is a great horror-tinged festival held every October at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema. Each year it manages to [...]

September 10, 2016

10 Things You Need To Know Before You See MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation hits cinema and IMAX screens at the end of July. The fifth instalment in the franchise once again sees Tom Cruise conduct some gravity defying scenes as intrepid IMF agent Ethan Hunt. Before you check out the [...]

June 28, 2015

DVD Review: HEMLOCK GROVE Season 2 Descends Into Boring Teen Drama

The first season of Hemlock Grove was a fun horror show with ‘50s B-movie vibe that Movies In Focus called ‘Twin Peaks for the Twilight generation’. It wasn’t a great show by any stretch of the imagination but it felt like a show which [...]

April 19, 2015

DVD Review: HEMLOCK GROVE Season One Is TWIN PEAKS For The TWILIGHT Generation

Hemlock Grove is Twin Peaks for the Twilight generation. That’s a backhanded compliment – but it’s a pretty fair description of Eli Roth’s new Netflix series. The show begins with a gruesome murder and it descends into a whodunit amongst the [...]

April 25, 2014

DVD Review: LAST PASSENGER Has No Momentum

As a fan of one location thrillers, I hoped Last Passenger’s train setting could create some serious claustrophobic tension. I was wrong. Instead we get so-so British film that begins slowly before picking up some momentum in the middle act. [...]

January 17, 2014