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Movies In Focus Selects The Top 10 Kevin Costner Films

Movies In Focus readers will know that I’m a huge fan of the mighty Kevin Costner – I even had the pleasure of meeting him on the set of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Therefore it was an absolute joy to join the The Top 10 Of Anything [...]

March 8, 2023

Behind The Scenes: Ivan Reitman, Kevin Costner & Ellen Burstyn On The Set Of DRAFT DAY

2014’s Draft Day is the type of film rarely made by studios today – a glossy talky effort for grown-ups. The comedy and drama in Draft Day comes from the situations and the characters as the pressure mounts on the busiest day in the NFL. [...]

February 15, 2022

If You Make It, I Won’t Watch: FIELD OF DREAMS TV Series In The Works

Field Of Dreams is perfect. It doesn’t need to be remade, it doesn’t need to have a sequel, or be rebooted, or even rotoscoped and turned into an animated movie. It’s totally perfect as a standalone movie which has an emotional [...]

August 17, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan & Director Phil Alden Robinson On The Set Of FIELD OF DREAMS

Director Phil Alden Robinson‘s Field of Dreams has developed legendary status due to the line “If you build it he will come”. The film, based on W. P. Kinsella’s 1982 novel, Shoeless Joe tells the story of an Iowa farmer, Ray [...]

February 4, 2021

Never Forget The Great Success Of Kevin Costner’s DANCES WITH WOLVES

After a run of box office hits throughout the 1980s, which included The Untouchables and Field Of Dreams, Kevin Costner decided to turn to directing, turning down big acting paydays in films like the role of Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October [...]

June 28, 2020

DVD Review: DRAFT DAY Is A Sports Movie With Kevin Costner – The Only Reason You Need To Watch It

Kevin Costner is the king of sports movies having starred in Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and For Love of The Game. Draft Day is his first cinematic sport excursion away from America’s favourite pastime into the world of the NFL. This Ivan [...]

February 15, 2015

Rejoice At The Trailer For Kevin Costner’s Latest Sports Movie MCFARLAND USA

Kevin Costner is the king of sports movies. He’s starred in in three baseball themed features Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, For Love of the Game (Sam Raimi’s most overlooked movie) and the recent NFL dramedy, Draft Day. Disney’s [...]

December 28, 2014

Kevin Costner Joins THE EXPLORERS GUILD And DRAFT DAY

Kevin Costner appears to be getting back into mainstream filmmaking in a big way. The Hatfields and McCoys star has Man of Steel and Jack Ryan on the way next year, is developing a film adaptation of adventure novel series The Explorers Guild and he [...]

September 16, 2012

Billy Ray Serenades Scorsese With Some SINATRA

Writer Billy Ray (NOT of Cyrus fame) has been brought in to write the script for Martin Scorsese’s Frank Sinatra biopic. Scorsese has long been interested in bringing a Sinatra tale to the screen, originally planning a Rat Pack film that was set [...]

August 20, 2012