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The BASTERDS Have Landed

Movies In Focus revisited Quentin Tarantino‘s 2009 film Inglorious Bastards for the first time in maybe eight or nine years. I remembered the two big stand-out scenes – the opening sequence and the tavern stand-off and they both hold-up [...]

April 2, 2020

Bruce Is Back! New Clip From Eli Roth’s DEATH WISH

Movies In Focus is all set for the Bruce Willis and Eli Roth remake of the Michael Winner-Charles Bronson joint. It’s not cool to say it – but I can’t wait to see Willis back on the big screen kicking ass in Death Wish. Check out this new [...]

March 1, 2018

Get Back To The ’70s With These New DEATH WISH Posters

Movies In Focus is looking forward to the old-school shenanigans of Eli Roth’s Death Wish. Roth has been bigging-up Bruce Willis‘ turn in the film as a ‘classic Willis role’ in the mould of Die Hard and [...]

February 22, 2018

Bruce Willis Kicks Ass In The Latest Trailer For Eli Roth’s DEATH WISH

Movies In Focus is excited by Death Wish because it looks like Bruce Willis has his mojo back. This remake of the Michael Winner/Charles Bronson joint might not be wholly originally, but who doesn’t want to see Willis kick ass on screen for 90 [...]

January 3, 2018

I’ll Admit That This Trailer For The Bruce Willis Starring DEATH WISH Has My Interest

Many are saying that this trailer for the Bruce Willis starring Death Wish is an alt-right fantasy and a racist Donald Trump-era action film for tigger-happy Americans. I see it was a good looking, old-school action thriller. Did Taken get slammed [...]

August 5, 2017

Eli Roth To Direct Bruce Willis’ DEATH WISH; Scott Alexander And Larry Karaszewski Write Script

Deadline reports that Eli Roth has signed to direct the Bruce Willis starrer Death Wish. Schlock shock jock Roth replaces Big Bad Wolves helmers Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, who recently departed the director’s chair. Roth recently jumped [...]

June 21, 2016

Jason Statham Signs For Killer Shark Movie MEG

A film adaptation of Steve Alten’s killer shark tale Meg has been in and out of development for years. However, it looks like it might finally swim to screens now that tough guy Jason Statham has been cast in the flick which is set to be [...]

April 16, 2016

DVD Review: HEMLOCK GROVE Season 2 Descends Into Boring Teen Drama

The first season of Hemlock Grove was a fun horror show with ‘50s B-movie vibe that Movies In Focus called ‘Twin Peaks for the Twilight generation’. It wasn’t a great show by any stretch of the imagination but it felt like a show which [...]

April 19, 2015

DVD Review: HEMLOCK GROVE Season One Is TWIN PEAKS For The TWILIGHT Generation

Hemlock Grove is Twin Peaks for the Twilight generation. That’s a backhanded compliment – but it’s a pretty fair description of Eli Roth’s new Netflix series. The show begins with a gruesome murder and it descends into a whodunit amongst the [...]

April 25, 2014

Eli Roth Directs Russell Crowe In HARKER

Eli Roth (Hostel) looks set to direct Harker, a retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film is a new interpretation of the classic vampire tale, which will see Russell Crowe play the legendary blood sucking Count. Lee Shipman & Brian McGreevy [...]

July 11, 2012

Fantastic Poster For THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS

Yesterday saw the first image from RZA’s The Man With The Iron Fists. Now comes the first look at the poster for the Russell Crowe movie– a very impressive poster indeed. The poster is stylish and original (well, it’s a retro-throwback) [...]

June 28, 2012

Eye-Popping Image From THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS

Russell Crowe in a Kung-Fu movie. That sentence is attention grabbing in itself, but when you throw in the above image, then The Man With the Iron Fists moves up a few notches on the must see list. Pam Grier, Lucy Liu and Jamie Chung join the [...]

June 27, 2012