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Behind The Scenes: Frank Capra & James Stewart On The Set Of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life is a film which delivers on all levels. Originally overlooked on its original release, the film only became popular due to a clerical error that led to the film falling into the public domain – meaning [...]

December 5, 2021

Notebook Reviews: GREMLINS

Joe Dante – 1984 Joe Dante‘s Gremlins is a film which has held-up incredibly well in the face of time and CGI. Dante’s film opens as a Capraesque comedy before descending into a 1950s-style creature feature. It’s the perfect [...]

June 5, 2021

Top Christmas Movies: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Part comedy, drama and fantasy film, Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life delivers on all levels, and its two hour running time manages to cram in a few important decades of US history. Originally overlooked on its original release, the film [...]

December 14, 2020

Top Christmas Movies: GREMLINS

Joe Dante’s comedy-horror Gremlins is as festive as it is freaky. The film is a Spielbergian/Capra-gone-to-hell (Crapra?) tale about a horde of mischievous creatures destroying small town USA during the Holiday Season. The great cast which [...]

December 13, 2020

Review: Frank Capra’s Christmas Classic IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Starring James Stewart

It’s A Wonderful Life is an all time cinematic classic, and there is very little that I can say about Frank Capra‘s 1946 film that hasn’t already been said. I’ll give it a go anyway… James Stewart gives a mesmerising [...]

November 5, 2020

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE: Behind The Scenes Image Shows Cary Grant Taking It Easy

Movies In Focus adores Frank Capra’s 1944 screen adaptation of Joseph Kesselring’s stage play, Arsenic And Old Lace. Cary Grant is perfection as Mortimer Brewster. This behind-the-scenes pic shows Grant taking it easy and reclining [...]

January 24, 2018

Trailer & Poster For Netflix War-Movie Documentary FIVE CAME BACK

Netflix‘s Five Came Back charts how John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra and George Stevens signed-up to WWII as a way of showing the American people the horrors of war. The documentary uses Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford [...]

February 28, 2017