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OSCARS 2023: A Full List Of The 95th Academy Awards Nominations

Movies In Focus is just going to say this up front – I want Top Gun: Maverick to win Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards. The reason being is that it’s a crowd pleaser – a movie. A Hollywood movie. It deserves to win. It would [...]

January 24, 2023

Return Of The King: Austin Butler & Tom Hanks In The Trailer For Baz Luhrmann’s ELVIS

Movies In Focus is no fan of Baz Luhrmann‘s cinematic style. It’s too in your face, too OTT. Therefore I’m not particularly looking forward to Elvis, his new movie starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. Taking away my dislike [...]

February 18, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s THE FOG

After taking a break from horror to make Elvis in 1979, John Carpenter returned to the genre with The Fog, an atmospheric ghost story set in the fictional Californian town of Antonio Bay. When The Fog starts rolling-in, so does the crew of [...]

October 15, 2021

Notebook Reviews: ELVIS – THE MOVIE

John Carpenter – 1979 Elvis is an exceptionally well-made TV movie from John Carpenter. This is a serious change of pace for the horror director, but he shows a deft touch in delivering an impressive musical biopic. Carpenter regular, Kurt [...]

July 7, 2021

Notebook Reviews: 3000 MILES TO GRACELAND

Demian Lichtenstein – 2001 What a concept. What a cast. What a bizarre film! Surreal, funky and very violent – 3000 Miles To Graceland is one of the most off-beat mainstream films to hit the screen – is it any wonder it tanked at [...]

May 28, 2021

The Mighty Kurt Russell

The mighty Kurt Russell turned 70 years old on 17 March 2021. The iconic actor has had a long and varied career, starring in a variety of beloved cult classics and out-right global blockbusters. Russell brings a laid-back, blue-collar vibe to his [...]

March 17, 2021

Long Live The King! ELVIS: THAT’S THE WAY IT IS Hits Screens Around The Globe This August

Trafalgar Releasing will release Elvis: That’s The Way It Is in cinemas in selected territories around the globe on 13 August 2020. The 1970 Elvis Presley documentary/concert film is one of the all-time greats and it shows The King on tip-top [...]

July 29, 2020

Review: ELVIS FROM OUTER SPACE Is A Hunka Hunka Burning Junk

Elvis From Outer Space is one tiny (and long played-out) joke stretched to fill a slow and suffering 90 minutes of so-called cinema. The title pretty much sums up what this low budget sci-fi comedy is about and your tolerance for it will depend on [...]

July 10, 2020

ELVIS UNLEASHED

Elvis Presley was (is) possibly the greatest musical artist of all time. You could argue that he helped make popular what it is today and that he defined what being a teenager is. His vocals were second to none and he had charisma which surpasses [...]

September 14, 2019

Don’t Do It! Tom Hanks To Play Colonel Tom Parker In Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Pic

We can all agree that Tom Hanks is a great actor and he’ll probably turn in an impressive performance as the villainous Colonel Tom Parker in a movie about Elvis Presley. Parker was the man who made Elvis a star, but he was also a machiavelian [...]

March 30, 2019

Album Review: The Dodge Brothers’ DRIVE TRAIN Will Take You On A Musical Journey

You’re walking down an unknown street on a hot, humid night. You see the distant neon sign of a bar radiate in the stance. As you walk closer you hear the energetic rhythm of music coming from behind the doors of this mysterious saloon. You open [...]

September 17, 2018

Book Review: Mark Kermode’s HOW DOES IT FEEL? A LIFE OF MUSICAL MISADVENTURES Is All About The Double Bass

He’s best known for being the UK’s leading bequiffed film journalist, but Mark Kermode also has a passion for music which is equal to his wealth of film knowledge. Kermode’s new memoir How Does It Feel? A Life Of Musical Misadventures looks [...]

September 10, 2018

Profile: Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell‘s first screen appearance was opposite Elvis Presley in 1962’s It Happened At The World’s Fair (he plays a kid who kicks Elvis in the shin). He went on to have a long career as a child star for Disney, before teaming [...]

March 17, 2013