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Surprising Trailer For Edgar Wright’s LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie & Matt Smith

Movies In Focus has to admit that this trailer for Edgar Wright‘s Last Night In Soho took me by surprise. I wasn’t expecting the tone to be so serious or the visuals to be so striking. It looks like a real change of pace for Wright [...]

May 27, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Ben Wheatley’s SIGHTSEERS

Sightseers is a pitch black comedy which pokes subtle fun at the blandness of middle-England. Director Ben Wheatley’s 2012 film highlights the potential evil lurking under every anorak and behind the wheel of every over-sized caravan. Sightseers [...]

May 26, 2021

Putting Baby In The Corner: The Frustration Of BABY DRIVER

With a title which riffs on the Simon & Garfunkel song from their Bridge Over Troubled Water album, director Edgar Wright‘s 2017 film, Baby Driver is an energetic action-comedy/musical which is as entertaining as it is frustrating. Wright [...]

August 27, 2020

Quentin Tarantino On What Went Wrong With GRINDHOUSE & DEATH PROOF

When Quentin Tarantino joined forces with filmmaker friend Robert Rodriguez for Grindhouse in 2007, the exploitation double-bill seemed like a great idea. Featuring Planet Terror, a host of faux trailers and Tarantino’s Death Proof, the [...]

April 19, 2020

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: BABY DRIVER, CAGE DIVE, BELLE DU JOUR, CHANNEL ZERO & More

This time around we take a Journey To The Centre Of The Earth; discover a Resurrection Of Evil; Cage Dive gives a new meaning to going ‘down under’; Belle Du Jour is the order of the day; A Kind Of Murder is suspect in more ways than [...]

October 28, 2017

Simon Pegg: A Film Career Overview

UK born legend Simon Pegg is known not only as an actor but a comedian, screenwriter, producer, singer and director. He has worked extensively in both TV and film and has starred alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest names such as Tom Cruise, [...]

December 7, 2015

ANT-MAN Poster: You’ll Think It’s Either Clever Or Obvious

Marvel has been on one heck of a financial and critical run over the last several years. However, people are smelling blood in the water for Ant-Man following Edgar Wright’s last minute departure from the director’s chair (he was [...]

January 6, 2015

Roberto Orci Won’t Direct STAR TREK 3; Will Edgar Wright Replace Him?

Roberto Orci has left the Enterprise. Orci was set to direct the third film in Paramount Picture’s Star Trek reboot, but that is no longer the case, with the director either quitting or being fired – depending on who tells the tale. The [...]

December 6, 2014

Peyton Reed To Direct ANT-MAN; Michael Douglas Is Disappointed

And so the Ant-Man saga draws to a close. Peyton Reed has now snagged the directing gig, replacing Edgar Wright who dropped out of the movie following a decade of development. Anchorman helmer Adam McKay has also come onboard to spruce-up the [...]

June 8, 2014

Josh Brolin Is Marvel’s Thanos – But It’s Hard To Get Excited

It seems like every A-list (and even B-list) actor needs to be in a superhero franchise these days (just check out the cast of American Hustle). It’s money in the bank, it’s a way of keeping your profile high. The latest big name to join the [...]

May 31, 2014

It’s Crazy That ANT-MAN Had Creative Differences So Late In The Game

Maybe it’s just me – but I think it’s crazy that Edgar Wright has left Marvel’s Ant-Man over ‘creative differences’ so late in the game. Wright has been attached to the film as director and co-writer for the best part of a decade – and [...]

May 29, 2014

Finally A Reason To See ANT-MAN: Michael Douglas Joins The Cast

I had zero interest in Edgar Wright‘s Ant-Man. None – zilch – nada. I was never going to watch it. I am now – Marvel announced it has signed Golden Globe winner Michael Douglas to play Hank Pym. I had no idea who that was – [...]

January 14, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Death Takes A Holiday In SIGHTSEERS

Sightseers is a pitch black comedy which pokes subtle fun at the blandness of middle-England. Director Ben Wheatley’s film highlights the potential evil lurking under every anorak and behind the wheel of every over-sized caravan. Sightseers stars [...]

March 28, 2013