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Behind The Scenes: Woody Allen, Timothée Chalamet & Selena Gomez On The Set Of A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK

Not bad by any stretch of the imagination, 2019’s A Rainy Day In New York is Woody Allen on autopilot. It lacks clarity and focus, but it does give you that New York hit that you would hope to get from an Allen feature. It’s an amiable [...]

January 15, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Francis Ford Coppola’s TWIXT

The great Francis Ford Coppola and Val Kilmer teamed for the 2012 murder mystery, Twixt. The film may be more of a digital video experiment than a movie but it does feature a great performance from Kilmer and a kooky supporting role for Bruce Dern. [...]

May 28, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Ben Affleck Directing LIVE BY NIGHT

2016’s Live By Night is a luscious and luminous film. It features some beautiful production design and costumes, creating a vibrant world that echoes nearly a century of wonderful gangster movies. Ben Affleck’s adaptation of Dennis [...]

November 30, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Val Kilmer & Francis Ford Coppola On The Set Of The TWIXT

Francis Ford Coppola’s 2011 film Twixt is a modern American gothic horror, infusing elements of Edgar Allan Poe (Poe appears as a character in the film) and Stephen King. Coppola’s artist pretentions may not gel with his self-penned [...]

September 22, 2020

TRAILER & POSTER: Sally Potter’s THE ROADS NOT TAKEN Starring Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning & Salma Hayek

Sally Potter’s The Roads Not Taken opens on 11 September 2020 and it looks like it features yet another bravura performance from the mighty Javier Bardem. A time-shifting, plot shifting drama, this fits perfectly within Potter’s [...]

August 10, 2020

Tore Down A La TRUMBO

A little late to the party, but Movies In Focus finally caught up with Jay Roach’s 2015 release Trumbo. It’s a great character study of the blacklisted screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo and it really delivers in setting out the details of a [...]

June 11, 2020

Review: A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK Is Woody Allen On Autopilot

A Rainy Day In New York is Woody Allen’s 48th film as writer-director and while it’s far from his best work, it does have a certain amount of zing to it. Not bad for a director who is now in his 85th year! Rainy Day In New York sees Gatsby [...]

May 30, 2020

Trailer & Poster: Woody Allen’s A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK Is Coming To The UK

Woody Allen continues to create films which sit within their own world, where the characters speak in their own particular patois. Allen’s style and work ethic has rarely changed over the last half century, with the New York director [...]

April 29, 2020

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences Has No Idea What Cinema Is (Updated)

Update: The Academy has now back-tracked the below decision and awards for all categories will be given out live when the show airs on 24 February. Here’s the official statement: ”The Academy has heard the feedback from its membership [...]

February 14, 2019

The Films of Zoe Saldana

Having starred in a wide range of both high-profile blockbusters and more character driven dramas, it’s safe to say that Zoe Saldana is one of the most sought after actresses working in the industry today. Last year saw her team with Oscar-winner [...]

May 16, 2017

Review: Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT Is A Muscular Gangster Thriller

Tommy guns, bootleggers, fedoras and molls – Ben Affleck’s Live By Night has everything you would want from a 1930s gangster drama. This adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel is a love letter to Warner Bros’ golden age of gangster movies [...]

January 16, 2017

Discover The Price You Pay In This New Featurette For Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

This featurette (titled The Price You Pay) for Ben Affleck‘s Live By Night is pretty detailed. You get some great snippets from the cast and Mr Affleck, it doesn’t feel like a puff piece at all. Live By Night starring Ben Affleck, Elle [...]

January 4, 2017

Final Poster For Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

Gone Baby Gone, The Town and Argo – Ben Affleck has a great track recored as director. I don’t think Live By Night will be ruining that streak. Here’s the latest (and I believe final) poster for Affleck’s Prohibition drama [...]

December 5, 2016

Go Gangster With The Latest Trailer For Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

Live By Night is actor-director-writer Ben Affleck’s attempt to recreate the old Warner Bros. gangster movies of the ‘30s and ‘40s. He appears to have captured the tone, and I hope that audiences embrace this movie. We need guys like Affleck [...]

November 12, 2016

Banned On The Rum: Trailer And Poster For Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT

To many he’s Batman, to some he’s tabloid fodder, but to others (the ones that matter) Ben Affleck is an award-winning filmmaker. And it’s the latter that will be excited by this new trailer for Live By Night. This Dennis Lehane adaptation has [...]

September 10, 2016

Trailer For Nicolas Winding Refn’s THE NEON DEMON

Nobody is ever going to tell Nicolas Winding Refn what to do. He might have flirted with the mainstream with Drive but Only God Forgives showed that he wasn’t going to sell his soul to Hollywood. It’s difficult to tell what The Neon Demon will [...]

April 16, 2016

First Day, First Shot And First Picture As Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT Finally Starts Filming

Batman has constantly hampered the opportunity for Ben Affleck to direct his adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s Live By Night. Now all the obstacles are out of the way and the Oscar-winner is finally shooting the film. He shared the above image on [...]

October 29, 2015

New Trailer For TRUMBO Starring Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren And John Goodman

Trumbo gets its UK premiere at the London Film Festival. Here’s the new trailer for the 1950s set Hollywood drama. Trumbo starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louie CK, Elle Fanning and John Goodman opens in the UK on February [...]

October 7, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Who Are The Young Ones In The Post Apocalyptic BAD LAND: ROAD TO FURY?

Bad Land: Road To Fury (Young Ones was the original title) is a neo-western from writer-director Jake Paltrow. It’s a solid dystopian sci-fi drama with a lot of good disparate ideas and strong performances (particularly from Michael Shannon). [...]

May 23, 2015

DVD Review: Val Kilmer In Francis Ford Coppola’s Gothic Mystery TWIXT

Francis Ford Coppola and Val Kilmer team for murder mystery, Twixt. The film may be more of a digital video experiment than a movie but it does feature a great performance from Kilmer and a kooky supporting role for Bruce Dern. Kilmer plays Hall [...]

October 13, 2013