gemma arterton Archives - Movies In Focus

Trailer: It Ain’t No Powell and Pressburger But BLACK NARCISSUS Doesn’t Look Bad

Movies In Focus has to admit that the new adaptation of Rumer Godden’s Black Narcissus looks good. It’s obviously taking a lot of visual cues from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s classic 1947 film, but can’t blame the [...]

October 29, 2020

Trailer: Gemma Arterton Takes The Lead In The New Adaptation Of BLACK NARCISSUS

Black Narcissus is Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s crowning cinematic glory. Their 1947 film is a richly layered psychological melodrama that manages to engage through the visuals more than the script. What makes Black Narcissus special [...]

September 22, 2020

Trailer & Poster For SUMMERLAND – One Of The First Films To Hit UK Cinemas After Lockdown

Hints of normality are beginning to sprout as we come out from under the COVID-19 lockdown and cinemas around the UK are slowly starting to open up at the end of the month. One of the first films to arrive will be Jessica Swale’s Summerland, [...]

July 15, 2020

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: THE HANDMAIDEN, AMERICAN GODS, THEIR FINEST, ORIGIN WARS & LONDON HEIST

This time around in the Movies In Focus Blu-Ray & DVD Round-Up: The Handmaiden surprises, American Gods shocks. Their Finest impresses, Origin Wars entertains and London Heist exists. The Handmaiden Lauded Korean director Chan-wook Park offers [...]

August 2, 2017

Acting: Ben Affleck Against Justin Timberlake In RUNNER RUNNER

Let’s face it – any excitement that has been built-up for Runner Runner is because of Ben Affleck’s role in the movie. The last few years have seen Affleck go from something of a cultural punch-line to critically lauded director to Batman. [...]

September 21, 2013

Michael Esper Joins RUNNER RUNNER

Michael Esper has joined the cast of Runner Runner, the new online gambling thriller that will be toplined by Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake and Gemma Arterton. Oliver Cooper, Ben Schwartz and Anthony Mackie also star in the film which will be [...]

June 9, 2012

Gemma Arterton Joins Affleck & Timberlake In RUNNER RUNNER

Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton will join Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake in Runner Runner. According to Variety: “Timberlake plays a Princeton student cheated out of his tuition money playing online poker who ends up the right-hand man of the [...]

June 2, 2012

Review: Daniel Craig Is James Bond In QUANTUM OF SOLACE

As a life long James Bond fan I always look forward to new adventures from the super-spy. My very first cinematic memory is watching Roger Moore’s final outing as Bond in A View To A Kill, and my teenage years and early twenties were filled with [...]

April 7, 2012