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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

BAFTA: The Winners At The 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards

Hosted by Rebel Wilson, the 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards took place on Sunday 13 March 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall. It was something of a disappointing show – Wilson failed to connect as a host and quite a few of the winners failed [...]

March 14, 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

BAFTA 2022: Nominations For The EE British Academy Film Awards

Dune is leading an incredibly diverse set of nominations at the 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards. The Power of the Dog managed seven nominations, while Belfast scored six nominations. Movies In Focus is thrilled that Kenneth Branagh’s [...]

February 3, 2022

Action Packed Official Main Trailer For Denis Villeneuve’s Star Laden DUNE

Here’s the official main trailer for director Denis Villeneuve’s epic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune. This looks impressive and pretty big in scope – but will the pricey spice movie score at the box office? Movies In Focus [...]

July 22, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: The Wachowski’s JUPITER ASCENDING

Jupiter Ascending is the Wachowskis’ best film since 1999’s The Matrix. The 2015 film may be over-stuffed with ideas and have enough plot to fill a trilogy but you can’t fault the spectacle that the siblings have put onscreen. The story is a [...]

February 20, 2021

Tom Holland & Timothée Chalamet Up For The Young WILLY WONKA Role In A Movie We Don’t Need

After news broke that Warner Bros would release a totally unnecessary prequel to Charlie And The Chocolate Factory comes world that Tom Holland and Timothée Chalamet are in the frame for the role. The film (set to be directed by [...]

January 21, 2021

DUNE Director Denis Villeneuve Attacks Warner Bros/HBO Max Streaming Decision

Hot on the heels of Christopher Nolan blasting Warner Bros for releasing its entire 2021 slate to streaming via HBO Max, comes another brutal attack from Dune director Denis Villeneuve. Dune was to be a crowning glory in Warner Bros’ 2020 [...]

December 12, 2020

Maximum Overdrive: Warner Bros’ New Hybrid Distribution Model With HBO Max

Warner Bros. has announced that it plans to release its full 2021 film slate theatrically worldwide, while also adding exclusive one month access on the HBO Max streaming service in the U.S. alongside the film’s theatrical domestic release. This [...]

December 7, 2020

DUNE, THE BATMAN, THE FLASH & More Delayed By Warner Bros

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the theatrical landscape. Warner Bros. has now moved Denis Villeneuve’s Dune from 18 December 2020 to 1 October, 2021. That means that The Batman has now shifted from that date to 4 March 2022. This [...]

October 6, 2020

Trailer For Denis Villeneuve’s Long-Awaited Adaptation Of DUNE

The first trailer has arrived for director Denis Villeneuve’s starry adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune. This looks impressive and pretty big in scope. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and [...]

September 9, 2020

Get Ready To #LoveCinema Again

Cinema First, the industry body which promotes UK cinemagoing, has launched #LoveCinema, a campaign designed to capture the attention of audiences and remind them of the big screen experience in the post COVID-19 world. At the centre of this [...]

August 20, 2020

Spice World The Movie: A Whole Host Of Images From Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE

The global shutdown caused by Coronavirus/COVID-19 means that there’s a real dearth of movie news out there. However, god bless Denis Villeneuve and the marketing peeps behind his forthcoming science fiction spectacle, Dune. They’ve [...]

April 14, 2020

Get A Look At Timothée Chalamet In DUNE

Here’s the first official look at Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune (courtesy of Vanity Fair). The film, based on the Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel is a huge task for the Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 [...]

April 13, 2020

Max Von Sydow Dies Aged 90

The great Max von Sydow has died at the age of 90. The iconic actor had a fascinating career, making 11 films with director Ingmar Bergman, including 1957’s The Seventh Seal. He would then go on to score over 100 credits in a variety of genres [...]

March 9, 2020

Blu-ray Review: JUPITER ASCENDING Is The Wachowskis’ Most Satisfying Film Since The Matrix

Jupiter Ascending is the Wachowskis’ best film since 1999’s The Matrix. It may be over-stuffed with ideas and have enough plot to fill a trilogy but you can’t fault the spectacle that the siblings have put onscreen. The story is a simple one, [...]

June 24, 2015