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Review: Tom Cruise Is At His Best In TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Few would have expected it, but Top Gun: Maverick is one of the best mainstream Hollywood action films in a long, long time. Forget your Marvel Cinematic Universe of your DC Extended Universe, Tom Cruise knows how to give audiences the tangible top [...]

May 13, 2026

Podcast Episode 98: Filmmaker Pen Densham On Photography, Creativity, A.I. & Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Returning guest Pen Densham joins this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast. Pen is a hugely talented writer, producer and director who is probably best known for writing and producing Kevin Costner’s iconic 1991 adventure, Robin Hood: [...]

March 26, 2026

Review: Tom Cruise Delivers Sky-High Entertainment With TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Without a doubt Top Gun: Maverick delivers one of the best mainstream Hollywood action films of the last several years. Forget your Avengers or Justice Leagues, Tom Cruise shows how to give audiences the type of entertainment that they’ve [...]

November 18, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Bong Joon-Ho’s SNOWPIERCER

Before the multi-award winning Parasite, Director Bong Joon-ho delivered Snowpiercer, a post-apocalyptic science fiction thriller set in a desolate future where the remnants of humanity circle the globe on a non-stop train (the titular [...]

September 14, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Mick Garris & Sam Raimi On The Set Of THE STAND

Clocking-in at over 800 pages, Stephen King’s 1978 sci-fi/horror novel, The Stand is an epic battle of good versus evil. The TV adaptation was also an epic event when it first aired in 1994, garnering huge viewing figures and scoring impressive [...]

July 1, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Darren Aronofsky’s MOTHER!

Few films have left Movies In Focus as perplexed and confused as Darren Aronosfky’s 2017 film, mother!. It’s a fever-dream, a collage of terror and a cacophony of nightmares. I’m not sure if it’s a good film, but it’s definitely one which [...]

May 15, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Arie Posin’s THE FACE OF LOVE

The Face of Love is a great little film that slipped under the radar when it was released in 2013, despite its impressive cast (Annette Bening, Ed Harris and Robin Williams in one of his final performances) and compelling storyline. Bening plays [...]

December 17, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE FIRM

Sydney Pollack – 1993 The Firm is and enjoyable and slick John Grisham adaptation from master craftsman Sydney Pollack. This legal thriller has good roles for Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman and while it’s not as good as the book, it’s [...]

December 14, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Sean Connery & Jerry Bruckheimer On The Set Of Michael Bay’s THE ROCK

The great Sean Connery excelled in 1996’s The Rock. The Michael Bay directed action film riffs on Connery’s James Bond persona and the actor embraces the physicality of the role and the one-liners. Not bad for a man who was 66 years old [...]

November 1, 2020

Behind The Scenes: David Duchovny & Ed Harris On The Set Of Submarine Thriller PHANTOM

Todd Robinson’s Phantom may not bring anything particularly new to the submarine thriller sub-genre, but it’s always good to see a solid film that relies on acting rather than special effects. Phantom was shot onboard a real submarine and this [...]

September 14, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Bong Joon-ho’s Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Thriller SNOWPIERCER

May 24, 2020

Trailer & Poster: It Looks Like TOP GUN: MAVERICK Will Take Your Breath Away

Topping Tony Scott‘s 1986 popcorn spectacular Top Gun was never going to be easy. However, it looks like Tom Cruise, Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joseph Kosinski are going to give it their best shot with Top Gun: Maverick. The new [...]

December 16, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Flying The Flagg For The Classic 1990s Miniseries of Stephen King’s THE STAND

Clocking-in at over a mind-boggling 800 pages, Stephen King’s 1978 sci-fi/horror novel, The Stand is an epic battle of good versus evil. This TV miniseries was also an epic event when it first aired in 1994, garnering huge viewing figures and [...]

October 16, 2019

Highway To The Danger Zone: Trailer & Poster For TOP GUN: MAVERICK

We’ve been waiting over thirty years, but Tom Cruise is finally flying back into the danger zone. Cruise returns to the role of Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in Joseph Kosinski’s follow-up to the 1986 smash hit Top Gun. This new [...]

July 19, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Darren Aronofsky’s MOTHER! Is Like A Baseball Bat To The Face

Few films have left Movies In Focus as perplexed and confused as Darren Aronosfky’s mother!. It’s a fever-dream, a collage of terror and a cacophony of nightmares. I’m not sure if it’s a good film, but it’s definitely one which plays with [...]

January 20, 2018

Paramount Pictures Supports Darren Aronofsky After The Failure Of MOTHER!

Despite some solid reviews, Darren Aronofsky‘s mother! grossed a poor $7.5 million from 2,368 locations in the US, but even more damning was the F grade Cinemascore – which shows the Jennifer Lawrence starrer isn’t resonating with [...]

September 18, 2017

Greetings! New Clip From Darren Aronofsky’s mother!

It’ll be interesting to see how Darren Aronofsky‘s mother! plays to general audiences. Will it be too arty for the mainstream? Is it a horror or a horror? We’ll find out on 15 September. Few people are making mainstream movies like [...]

August 31, 2017

Trailer: Darren Aronofsky Embraces His Inner Roman Polanski With MOTHER!

It really looks like Darren Aronofsky is embracing his inner Roman Polanski for mother! (the shadow of Rosemary’s Baby looms large here) Aronofsky is always challenging expectations and you really don’t know what he’s going to [...]

August 8, 2017

This Trailer For Gerard Butler’s GEOSTORM Really Exists

So…this Geostorm trailer…hmmmm…it’s something, eh? At least they seem to know this Gerard Butler starrer is stupid and they’re playing up the comedy – but I don’t know what else to say about this trailer. [...]

July 6, 2017

Gerard Butler Travels Back To The Future In The Trailer For Disaster Flick GEOSTORM

It looks like Geostorm would have been hot stuff back in the 1990s. The CGI, the destruction of cities and the whole operation room vibe strikes me of Deep Impact and Volcano scenario. This doesn’t have the pedigree of Armageddon or [...]

March 8, 2017

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