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Notebook Reviews: O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

Joel Coen – 2000. O Brother, Where Art Thou is deftly handled comedy from the Coen Brothers. The 1930s-set film features a terrific wide-eyed turn from George Clooney as an escaped convict. Jon Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson also deliver [...]

August 15, 2024

Blu-ray Review: THE FLASH

Don’t believe the haters – The Flash is one of the most entertaining films to come out of Warner Bros’ run of DCEU movies. Embracing the character’s comic book origins, it ticks all the right genre tropes in a witty and [...]

September 15, 2023

Review: THE FLASH Entertains With Its Wit, Action & Unexpected Heart

Please be aware that this review of The Flash contains spoilers. A decade in the making, The Flash finally sees DC Comics’ speedy superhero take to the big screen in a movie with his name in the title. Opinions have been mixed on this Andy [...]

July 12, 2023

Notebook Reviews: BATMAN & ROBIN

Joel Schumacher – 1997 The film that killed the Batman franchise. Batman & Robin isn’t as bad as you’ve heard – and it’s enjoyable enough if you look at it like an updated version of the 1960s Adam West/Burt Ward [...]

March 20, 2023

Behind The Scenes: Ben Affleck On The Set Of Zack Snyder’s BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

Ben Affleck’s grizzled Batman/Bruce Wayne is the true star Zack Snyder’s 2016 superhero mash-up Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Affleck finally gives us the character that has graced the pages of comic books since 1939. Michael Keaton [...]

August 10, 2022

Ben Affleck Back As Batman In AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM

Ben Affleck announced that he was done with Batman back in 2019 and Robert Pattinson took over the role in Matt Reeves 2022 release, The Batman. Then, in 2020 came the surprise news that Affleck would be joining the cast of Andy [...]

July 29, 2022

Behind The Scenes: George Clooney & Ryan Gosling On The Set Of THE IDES OF MARCH

George Clooney’s screen adaptation of Beau Willimon‘s play Farragut North, The Ides of March is an expertly handled political drama with a great lead performance from Ryan Gosling. Clooney also co-stars in the film alongside a roster of [...]

March 15, 2022

Notebook Reviews: ONE FINE DAY

Michael Hoffman – 1996. One Fine Day is an excellent romantic comedy starring George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer. There’s a real old-school charm to Michael Hoffman’s movie and aside from the updated technology, it feels like it [...]

January 7, 2022

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

New Poster George Clooney’s THE TENDER BAR Starring Ben Affleck

Here’s the latest piece of artwork for Amazon Studio’s forthcoming drama, The Tender Bar. The film sees George Clooney and Ben Affleck reunite for the first time following the success of 2012’s Argo. Affleck directed and [...]

November 20, 2021

Trailer & Poster: George Clooney’s THE TENDER BAR Starring Ben Affleck

George Clooney returns to the director’s chair to deliver The Tender Bar, a new coming of age drama starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Christopher Lloyd, Lily Rabe and Daniel Ranieri. Based on J.R. Moehringer’s Pulitzer Prize winning [...]

October 14, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE PERFECT STORM

Wolfgang Peterson – 2000. Seafaring drama The Perfect Storm sees Wolfgang Petersen directing George Clooney in his first out-and-out box office hit. It’s a solid enough disaster movie, but the characters are a little underdeveloped and [...]

October 2, 2021

Apple Studios Scores Expensive George Clooney & Brad Pitt Thriller

Movies In Focus previously told you that Ocean’s 11 co-stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt were set to reteam for a new thriller from Spider-Man director Jon Watts. At the time Sony, Lionsgate, Annapurna, MGM, Universal, Warner Bros, Apple [...]

September 30, 2021

George Clooney & Brad Pitt Reteam For New Jon Watts Thriller

Ocean’s 11 co-stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt are set to reteam for a new thriller from writer/director Jon Watts (Spider-Man). Little is known about the plot other than it follows ‘two lone-wolf fixers who are assigned to the same [...]

September 25, 2021

Notebook Reviews: OUT OF SIGHT

Steven Soderbergh – 1998. Out Of Sight is as slick and fun crime film from director Steven Soderbergh. If you need an example of a movie in which all the elements come together in a perfect way, then this is it. The direction is superb, the [...]

September 20, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THREE KINGS

David O. Russell – 1999. Director David O. Russell delivers as visceral and thought-provoking Gulf War movie in the shape of Three Kings. On the surface this is a war/heist film, but Russell’s film much more than that. The director gives [...]

September 16, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Jennifer Lopez & Steven Soderbergh On The Set Of OUT OF SIGHT

Director Steven Soderbergh‘s big screen adaptation of Elmore Leonard‘s Out Of Sight was released in June 1998. Written for the screen by Scott Frank, the film was Soderbergh’s first collaboration with George Clooney – the [...]

September 15, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Nicole Kidman, George Clooney & Mimi Leder On The Set Of THE PEACEMAKER

The Peacemaker opened in cinemas across the United States in September 1997. The Mimi Leder directed thriller was the first live action film from DreamWorks SKG, the then fledgling company founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and [...]

September 14, 2021

Behind The Scenes: George Clooney & Wolfgang Petersen On The Set Of THE PERFECT STORM

The year 2000 was when George Clooney broke his stalemate on movie stardom and launched his career as an A-list movie star. Wolfgang Petersen’s The Perfect Storm was seen as make or break, or more aptly sink or swim for Clooney. The big [...]

September 13, 2021

Remembering The Mighty Joel Schumacher

The mighty Joel Schumacher was born on the 29 August 1939 – the same year that Batman made his first appearance. As one of the all-time great directors, he helmed a wonderful selection of films that included everything from The Incredible [...]

August 29, 2021

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