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DVD Review: Zac Efron Is EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE

Zac Efron delivers in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, an engaging true-life drama based on the crimes of Ted Bundy. Bundy was one of America’s most high-profile serial killers, having confessed to over 30 murders before his execution [...]

September 12, 2019

Blu-ray Review: ONE DEADLY SUMMER Is A Noir-ish Tale Of Death And Desire

A slow-burning dramatic thriller, One Deadly Summer (L’Été meurtrier) is a noir-ish tale of death and desire. The story in Jean Becker’s 1983 adaption of Sébastien Japrisot’s novel is strong, but the film really works because of the [...]

August 3, 2019

DVD Review: Russian Horror MERMAID: LAKE OF THE DEAD

The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead is a modestly budgeted Russian-language horror film which tries to do something a little different. It isn’t wholly successful in what it attempts to achieve on a story level, but this an incredibly well shot and [...]

July 26, 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

Review: The Powerful CHERNOBYL Embraces Subtlety Over Spectacle

Writer Craig Mazin’s Chernobyl is something of a subtle masterpiece. This five-part series about one of mankind’s greatest disasters could have gone down the tried and tested disaster movie road, throwing well worn tropes at viewers as a way of [...]

July 6, 2019

Closed Competition: Win The Brilliant Horror Film THE WITCH IN THE WINDOW On DVD

Andy Mitton’s brilliant The Witch In The Window will be released on DVD in the UK by Network on 8 July. To celebrate this horror masterpiece hitting the streets, Movies In Focus is giving away two copies of the film on DVD. Read the Movies In [...]

June 29, 2019

Movie Review Cover Quotes Never Get Old

Movies In Focus been doing the whole movie review thing for well over a decade now and I’m always excited when I score a poster/DVD/blu-ray cover quote. It’s a validation of sorts and at the very least it shows that someone, somewhere [...]

June 29, 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

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: FANTASTIC BEASTS, BABYLON BERLIN, SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ & More

This time around: Wands at the ready in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald; it’s party time in Babylon Berlin, The Girl In The Spider’s Web gets tangled-up, if anyone can then the Candyman can in Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh, [...]

March 24, 2019

Closed Competition: Win Flash Gordon Documentary LIFE AFTER FLASH On DVD

Director Lisa Downs’ Life After Flash is a stunning documentary focused on the making of 1980 cult classic Flash Gordon and the life of it’s star Sam J. Jones. The film hit VOD on 5 March and it’s out on DVD and Blu-ray on 5 April (you can [...]

March 6, 2019

Closed Competition: Win Flash Gordon Documentary LIFE AFTER FLASH On Blu-ray

March 6, 2019

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: HUNTER KILLER, REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN, THE UNHOLY & MORE

This time around: Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman take to the seas in Hunter Killer, meet the men of steel in Reign Of The Supermen, Heaven and Hell collide in The Unholy, Parents are weird and party like the Class Of 1999. Blu-ray Review: Hunter [...]

January 26, 2019

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