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Review: Ben Affleck Is Excellent In George Clooney’s THE TENDER BAR

It might not be a film which gets the blood pressure rising, or goes for big and bold dramatic moments, but George Clooney‘s The Tender Bar is a well honed coming of age drama which delivers in a heartfelt and well intentioned way. Based [...]

December 30, 2021

Great Chat Between Ben Affleck & Matt Damon

The focus of this chat between good friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon is Affleck’s brilliant performance in Gavin O’Connor‘s 2020 movie The Way Back ( aka Finding The Way Back). Recorded in January 2021, the conversation covers [...]

July 15, 2021

Finding The Way Back: Oscar Buzz For Ben Affleck

A film about searching for hope after failure, Gavin O’Connor’s The Way Back (also known as Finding The Way Back) is a film which is honest in its goals and aspirations. It might not win any awards for originality, but Ben Affleck has [...]

January 16, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Ben Affleck Gives A Fearless Performance In FINDING THE WAY BACK

Gavin O’Connor’s Finding The Way Back (also known as The Way Back) might be a traditional sporting drama which uses the age-old trope of a coach taking a losing team to glory, but it manages to do it in a way that feels heartfelt and [...]

October 11, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Gavin O’Connor’s JANE GOT A GUN

The popularity for the western ebbs and flows and every time the genre looks ready to be put out to pasture, along comes a film which re-energises it and kicks-off a whole new spate of ‘oaters’. However, for every Dances With Wolves or True Grit [...]

September 21, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Ben Affleck & Gavin O’Connor On The Set Of THE ACCOUNTANT

Gavin O’Connor’s 2016 release, The Accountant is an exciting old-fashioned actioner, that utilises Ben Affleck’s brawny leading man persona to perfection. Gavin O’Connor delivers a bone crunching thriller, which is reminiscent of [...]

September 11, 2020

Review: Ben Affleck Excels In Sporting Drama FINDING THE WAY BACK

July 14, 2020

Trailer: Ben Affleck Is FINDING THE WAY BACK

Movies In Focus thinks Finding The Way (also known as Torrance and The Way Back) back is going to deliver the goods in a big, big way. The Gavin O’Connor directed drama appears to have an incredibly strong Ben Affleck performance and I get [...]

November 14, 2019

Ben Affleck Is THE HAS-BEEN

It would seem like Ben Affleck is tackling the tabloid bull by its horns by starring in The Has-Been. Affleck has become a whipping boy to the rags following personal problems over the years and it looks like he’s going to face them [...]

June 12, 2018

Gavin O’Connor To Direct SUICIDE SQUAD 2: Will He Take Ben Affleck With Him?

For a brief moment it looked like Jaume Collet-Serra would direct Suicide Squad 2. However, he decided to ditch the project to direct Dwayne Johnson in Jungle Cruise. But the director’s chair wasn’t vacant for long, as Gavin [...]

September 7, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Ben Affleck + THE ACCOUNTANT = Great Entertainment

The Accountant is an exciting old-fashioned actioner, that utilises Ben Affleck’s brawny leading man persona to perfection. Gavin O’Connor delivers a bone crunching thriller, which is reminiscent of the type of thing you would have thrown your [...]

March 19, 2017

Featurette For Ben Affleck’s THE ACCOUNTANT

Movies In Focus has always been a Ben Affleck man – from Good Will Hunting until today. That’s almost 20 years. He’s my kind of hombre. I like the look of The Accountant: The Accountant hits the UK on 4 November 2016. [...]

October 3, 2016

DVD Review: Natalie Portman’s JANE GOT A GUN Is A Damn Fine Western

August 28, 2016

Trailer: Ben Affleck Is THE ACCOUNTANT

Ben Affleck’s next non-superhero, The Accountant hits screens in November, and the first trailer for Gavin O’Connor’s thriller has dropped. This looks great – and the November date means it might get some traction at the box office. We [...]

May 14, 2016

Star Wars Prequel Fans Rejoice: JANE GOT A GUN Gets An Official UK Trailer

Star Wars fans will be interested in Jane Got A Gun – after all it stars three actors who appeared in George Lucas’ prequel trilogy (Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor and Joel Edgerton). Jane Got A Gun has had a troubled production (to [...]

December 8, 2015

It Took A While – But Here’s The Trailer For JANE GOT A GUN

It looked like it might never get made – and it eventually took a while to hit the screen – but here’s the first look at western Jane Got A Gun (via a French trailer). Gavin O’Connor directs Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton and [...]

October 22, 2015

A Re-Jigging Of Ben Affleck’s Movie Schedule Leaves A Lot Of Room For THE BATMAN

Warner Bros has shifted the Gavin O’Connor Ben Affleck starrer The Accountant from its January 2016 release to October 7, 2016. That’s a good sign the studio feels there’s some heft to the movie which will now open smack-dab in the middle of [...]

August 8, 2015

The JANE GOT A GUN Equation

Black Listed script + Natalie Portman + Joel Edgerton __________________________________________ X Gavin O’Connor + Bradley Cooper = Jane Got a Gun Lynne Ramsey + Michael Fassbender + Jude [...]

April 7, 2013