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Ethan Hawke Stars In ZEROES AND ONES & THE BLACK PHONE

Ethan Hawke is one of the most interesting actors working today. He’s able to balance curious art house movies like Abel Ferrara‘s Zeroes And Ones alongside more commercial fare such as Scott Derrickson‘s latest horror film, The [...]

October 14, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Andrew Niccol’s GOOD KILL

Imagine Top Gun without the schoolboy antics – and the flying. That’s what you get with Good Kill. That’s not to say that Andrew Niccol‘s 2014 drama is boring (it’s not), it’s just that 21st Century aviation has changed to such an [...]

June 6, 2021

Electrifying Trailer For TESLA Starring Ethan Hawk

When I first heard about Michael Almereyda’s Tesla, I though to my self, ‘Why do we need another Nikola Tesla/Thomas Edison film, we’ve already had two versions of The Current War?’. Then I watched the below trailer. Ethan [...]

July 14, 2020

Musical Interlude: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke & Chris O’Dowd In The Adaptation Of Nick Hornby’s JULIET, NAKED

Away from the silver screen, Movies In Focus‘ great passions are music and literature. These passions usually converge in the work of the great Nick Hornby, a man who knows his way around the male psyche. His book Juliet, Naked is an excellent [...]

June 29, 2018

Trailer For THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN With Denzel Washington And Chris Pratt Has No Surprises

This trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven delivers exactly what you would expect. I’m not sure if this is a must-see flick, but I’m sure I’ll catch it at some point. The cast is interesting – I’ll give it that. Oh, and [...]

April 21, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Ethan Hawke Takes To The Skies In Drone Drama GOOD KILL

Imagine Top Gun without the schoolboy antics – and the flying. That’s what you get with Good Kill. That’s not to say that Andrew Niccol‘s film is boring (it’s not), it’s just that 21st Century aviation has changed to such an extent [...]

August 22, 2015

Movies In Focus Attends The 2015 Baftas And The Full List Of Winners

This is the first time I’ve went into the Baftas with such a clear opinion of who I wanted to win. It was Birdman of course, Alejandro Gonzále’s mesmerising drama starring Michael Keaton. It was never going to be easy though, as Gonzále’s [...]

February 9, 2015

OSCARS 2015: A Full List Of Nominations; BIRDMAN Flies High

The Academy Awards (aka the Oscars) nominations have been announced and it’s fantastic to see Michael Keaton score a nod for Best Actor. It was never in doubt of course, as Keaton has been the frontrunner for some time due to his sterling work in [...]

January 15, 2015

BAFTA Awards 2015: A Full List Of Nominations

The 2015 Bafta Nominations have been announced and as usual there are some surprises scattered (Under The Skin for Outstanding British Film) throughout and some not so surprising announcements (The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game). [...]

January 10, 2015

DVD Review: William Hurt And Ethan Hawk Have A Whale Of A Time In MOBY DICK

This well produced 2011 mini-series of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick gets quite a lot right in its casting (William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Gillian Anderson and Donald Sutherland), however the limitations of its television origins are shown in the [...]

October 11, 2014

Interview: C. Robert Cargill Writer Of Horror SINISTER

Horror film, Sinister starring Ethan Hawke is opening to good buzz. Directed by Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose), it follows Hawke’s novelist as he investigates the deaths of the family who previously lived in his house. The film uses [...]

October 12, 2012