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Podcast – Episode 25: Romuald Boulanger Talks ON THE LINE / Chuck Russell Talks PARADISE CITY

This episode of the Movies In Focus podcast sees a pair of directors join Niall Browne to talk about their latest movies. First up is French filmmaker Romuald Boulanger who is discussing his new thriller On The Line. The film sees Mel Gibson star as [...]

November 14, 2022

BLACK ADAM Trailer Offers More Of The Same – But Pierce Brosnan Adds A Touch Of Class

Does Movies In Focus want to watch Black Adam? No, not really, but I will watch it at some point. The simple reason is because the mighty Pierce Brosnan is in it. He adds a touch of class to what appears to be a standard superhero movie – [...]

June 11, 2022

The World Needs Heroes: DC Movies In 2022

Movies In Focus constantly rages against comic book movies – but sometimes even I look forward to one or two of them. Usually because of some creative reason or because it features Batman. I’m curious to see what Matt Reeves has done [...]

February 13, 2022

Trailer: RED NOTICE Starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot & Ryan Reynolds Looks Terrible

Red Notice looks terrible. It would seem to be more soulless CGI infused action for Dwayne Johnson and another monumentally annoying turn from Ryan Reynolds. It’s yet another bickering buddy movie for the stars – which they have both [...]

September 2, 2021

RED ONE: Dwayne Johnson Represents Everything Wrong With Modern Cinema

Dwayne Johnson seems like a nice guy. Johnson is personable in interviews and he has a charismatic screen presence – but unfortunately he makes junk. Films like Jumanji: The Next Level, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, Skyscraper, [...]

June 29, 2021

You Gotta Have Fate: Pierce Brosnan To Play Dr. Fate Opposite Dwayne Johnson In BLACK ADAM

Well, here’s some news from left field: The mighty Pierce Brosnan will play DC Comics superhero Dr. Fate opposite Dwayne Johnson in the forthcoming Black Adam. I never figured Brosnan for a role in a superhero movie – but hey, why [...]

March 26, 2021

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: Dwayne Johnson And Emily Blunt Rock The Boat In JUNGLE CRUISE

How much money does Dwayne Johnson need? How many soulless blockbusters must he make before he’s happy? The man has charisma, but he just makes movies based on potential box office. All of Johnson’s movies look the same. Here’s [...]

March 10, 2020

FAST & FURIOUS 9 Trailer: Stupid

Movies In Focus has only ever seen one instalment of the ‘Fast & Furious Saga‘ – 2015’s Fast & Furious 7 – and I enjoyed the hell out of it. This ninth instalment of the near 20 year-old franchise looks like [...]

February 1, 2020

Blu-ray Review: SKYSCRAPER With Dwayne Johnson Ain’t No Die Hard

Dwayne Johnson is up to his usual muscle-bound shenanigans in Skyscraper, a glossy high-octane, but soulless action extravaganza from director Rawson Marshall Thurber. It’s pretty much Die Hard for the Instagram age, minus the genius of John [...]

November 22, 2018

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: READY PLAYER ONE, ISLE OF DOGS, JOURNEYMAN, A QUIET PLACE & More

This time around: Steven Spielberg goes inside the Oasis in Ready Player One, Wes Anderson takes us to the Isle of Dogs, Paddy Considine is a Journeyman, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski go to A Quiet Place, Dwayne Johnson goes on a Rampage and Paul [...]

August 19, 2018

CLOSED Competition: Win JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE On Blu-ray

To celebrate the DVD release of Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle on DVD/Blu-ray/VOD this April, Movies In Focus is giving a copy of the Dwayne Johnson starrer on blu-ray to one lucky reader of the site. When four high-school kids discover an old [...]

April 24, 2018

Nine JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Featurettes!

People assumed that Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle would make money at the box office (well, it does star Dwayne Johnson) – but I don’t think they imagined it would bank more than $404 million in the US and over $956 million globally! [...]

April 24, 2018

Gavin O’Connor To Direct SUICIDE SQUAD 2: Will He Take Ben Affleck With Him?

For a brief moment it looked like Jaume Collet-Serra would direct Suicide Squad 2. However, he decided to ditch the project to direct Dwayne Johnson in Jungle Cruise. But the director’s chair wasn’t vacant for long, as Gavin [...]

September 7, 2017

I Don’t Know What The Hell Is Going On With This Trailer For THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS

Who knew that 2001’s Fast and the Furious would have rumbled on to its seventh sequel – now craftily titled Fate of the Furious. I didn’t know that I’d dip into the franchise during episode 7 and enjoy the hell out of it [...]

December 12, 2016

Born Again Actors: Alternative Hollywood Careers

It’s no secret that many actors feel they were born to act; that they wouldn’t know what they’d do if they couldn’t go on set or grace the silver screen any longer. Actors such as former child star turned cinematic chameleon Daniel Radcliffe [...]

October 26, 2016

New FAST 8 Image Shows Everyone In Hollywood

Vin Diesel unleashed a new behind the scene pic from Fast 8 – and it pretty much shows everyone in Hollywood. Jason Statham, Kristofer Hivju, Kurt ‘The Legend’ Russell, Tyrese Gibson, Charlize Theron, Vin Diesel, Michelle [...]

June 6, 2016

Man of Iron Dwayne Johnson Toplines Shane Black’s DOC SAVAGE

Movies In Focus remembers when Doc Savage was going to be an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie (way back in the late nineties/early noughties) – now in 2016 it’s a Dwayne Johnson vehicle written/directed by Shane Black. I’d still rather see [...]

May 31, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Revenge Tale I AM WRATH Is John Travolta’s Taken

John Travolta gets his own Taken with I Am Wrath. Chuck Russell’s film is a hard-edged action thriller that keeps things simple over the course of its lean 90 minute running time. Travolta is Stanley Hill, a family man with a dark past who springs [...]

April 10, 2016

Diesel Powered FAST 8 Might Become The Fast And The Furiosa

The Fast and Furious franchise continues to mix things up in many surprising ways. The Vin Diesel-led series has added the likes of Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham and Kurt Russell as it went along – and now it would seem that Charlize Theron [...]

February 10, 2016

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