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Ernest Borgnine – The Great Scene Stealer

The great Ernest Borgnine, (whose real name is Ermes Effron Borgnino) was born on January 24, 1917. He had a much-decorated ten-year career in the Navy, before starting acting in 1947, making his Broadway debut in 1949 with Harvey. However, a move [...]

January 24, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

When you look at how action cinema evolved in the 1980s, it’s very now clear that Escape From New York is one of the films which helped to establish the template for the muscular action hero. John Carpenter’s 1981 film (his second of many [...]

October 16, 2021

Behind The Scenes Kurt Russell & Isaac Hayes On The Set Of John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

Anti-hero Snake Plissken has become Kurt Russell’s trademark role and he embraces all the character’s quirks and traits. When he shot the film, Russell was still attempting to break-out from being a Disney child star and he puts his [...]

October 29, 2020

CLOSED Competition: Win Joe Dante’s SMALL SOLDIERS On DVD

* Director Joe Dante’s 1998 film Small Soldiers is being released by Fabulous Films on DVD on 14 September. To celebrate the release of the action-filled toy flick, Movies In Focus is giving 2 readers the opportunity to win film on DVD. [...]

September 5, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Richard Fleischer’s VIOLENT SATURDAY

Violent Saturday is a blistering thriller from director Richard Fleischer with an impressive cast and some stunning visuals. Part melodrama, part tense noir thriller, Fleischer’s 1955 film follows the lives of the inhabitants of Bradenville, a [...]

August 14, 2020

Review: Kurt Russell Is Snake Plissken In John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

When you look at how action cinema developed over the 1980s, it’s now clear to see that Escape From New York is one of the films which established the template for the muscular action hero. John Carpenter’s 1981 film (his second of many with [...]

November 3, 2018

Mel Gibson To Co-Write & Direct Remake Of Sam Peckinpah’s THE WILD BUNCH

If you asked me a few days ago if there should be a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, I would have said ‘hell no!”. But now I’m over the moon with the announcement that Mel Gibson will co-write (with Bryan Bagby) [...]

September 25, 2018

Ernest Borgnine Classic MARTY Gets The Eureka Treatment

Delbert Mann’s classic Marty is getting a release by one of Movies In Focus favourite boutique home entertainment labels, Eureka Entertainment. The Ernest Borgnine/Betsy Blair drama hits shelves on 9 April 2018 and it comes with a host of [...]

February 9, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Rats Entertainment With WILLARD And BEN

The double whammy of Willard (1971) and Ben (1972) sees a killer rat and his pack wreck havoc on suburbia. The films might not ring a bell in the 21st Century (some might remember Glen Morgan’s 2003 remake of Willard) but there’s much [...]

November 8, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Richard Fleischer’s Powerful VIOLENT SATURDAY

May 4, 2014

Blu-ray Review: THE WILD GEESE – The Original Expendables

The Expendables weren’t the first gaggle of aging mercenaries to hit the big screen, The Wild Geese shot up the screens way back in 1978. Featuring the not inconsiderable acting talents of Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Kruger [...]

October 7, 2012

Obituary: Ernest Borgnine 1917-2012

Ernest Borgnine, the beloved Oscar-winning star of Marty and The Wild Bunch has passed away at the age of 95. His manager, Lynda Bensky announced that he died of renal failure at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, with his family at his [...]

July 9, 2012