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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

Remembering The Great Harold Ramis

The great Harold Ramis would have been 77 years old on 21 November 2021. He passed away on the 24 February, 2014 at the age of 69 from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis. To many he will always be Egon Spengler in the Ghostbusters movies but to [...]

November 21, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Lamont Johnson’s SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is a 1983 Star Wars/Mad Max style science fiction film with a tremendous amount of energy and ingenuity. It’s derivative, but there’s plenty of fun to be had if you accept this Ivan [...]

August 27, 2021

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE Trailer Has A Serious Stranger Things Vibe & It’ll Probably Anger Old White Guys

This second trailer for Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife is pretty good – but it’s not great. It’s lacking a stand-out moment – oomph! They really seem to be leaning heavily on the Stranger Things vibe here (the [...]

July 27, 2021

Stay-Puft! GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE Introduces The Mini-Pufts

On of the iconic moments in Ivan Reitman’s 1984 blockbuster Ghostbusters is the arrival of the giant Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. Well, it looks like Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife is also going to feature the marshmallow [...]

April 8, 2021

Notebook Reviews: EVOLUTION

Ivan Reitman – 2001 Director Ivan Reitman attempts to revisit the success of Ghostbusters with this alien themed sci-fi comedy. Evolution might not be quite as good as that 1984 spooktacular, but it’s still great fun. David Duchovny [...]

October 29, 2020

Notebook Reviews: CLUB PARADISE

Harold Ramis – 1986 It’s hard to believe that the great Harold Ramis, the man behind such comedy classics such as Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day and Multiplicity was responsible for Club Paradise. It’s not funny, it’s badly [...]

September 14, 2020

Blu-ray Review: SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE Is A Fun & Energetic Sci-Fi Tale

March 26, 2020

Sit! Rick Moranis On Set With A Terror Dog In A Behind The Scenes Image From GHOSTBUSTERS

If you’re like Movies In Focus, then you look like back on the 1980s with great fondness. I don’t mean in a Stranger Things loving/Hipster ironic way, but with a real ‘I was there’ affection. One of the great things about [...]

March 21, 2020

Who You Gonna Call? Surprisingly Great New Trailer For GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE

You have to hand it to Sony Pictures for trying to keep the Ghostbusters franchise alive and kicking. They tried for about 20 years to get the original cast back for Ghostbusters 3 (to no avail) and they made a valiant effort with 2016’s [...]

December 9, 2019

Jason Reitman Directing New GHOSTBUSTERS Movie; Teaser Trailer Is Already Here

The Ghostbusters are back. Again. News has hit that Jason (son of Ivan) Reitman will direct and co-write a new Ghostbusters movie which is due to shoot in the summer of 2019 for a 2020 release. Pitched as ‘a passing of the torch’, the film is [...]

January 16, 2019

Book Review: FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO GHOST MOVIES

The horror film genre is filled with a variety of different off-shoots, but probably the most important of these is the old-fashioned Ghost Story. It’s an aspect of horror which can be adapted and morphed into whatever type of narrative a [...]

October 1, 2018

GHOSTBUSTERS Reboot Trailer

This looks like Ghostbusters. I don’t know what else to say. It will never replace the original but I’m sure I’ll catch it at some point in the future. No rush. Ghostbusters starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones [...]

March 3, 2016

Bill Murray Joins The Cast Of Paul Feig’s GHOSTBUSTERS Reboot

Bill Murray declined the opportunity to return to the world of ghostbusting for decades – however he has finally relented and filmed a cameo in Paul Feig’s all female Ghostbusters reboot. Murray joined the shoot in Boston for a day to film his [...]

August 10, 2015

Who You Gonna Call? The GHOSTBUSTERS Reboot Cast Suited And Booted

I can’t muster any sort of reaction to Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot. There’s no excitement, no anger, no fear – nothing. It’s a pointless endeavour to attempt and update Ivan Reitman’s seminal ‘80s classic. It’s not the fact [...]

July 11, 2015

Wardrobe From Paul Feig’s All-Female GHOSTBUSTERS; Updated With New Proton Pack

Movies In Focus hasn’t covered much of Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters reboot (none at all in fact). This is for many reasons – the main one being that Ivan Reitman’s original is a true ‘80s classic and I don’t think it needs a [...]

June 30, 2015

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

DVD Review: BAD MILO Is Not A Good Body Horror Comedy

Bad Milo is an body-horror comedy that riffs on the classic creature features of the 1980s. Ken Marino plays Duncan, a stressed-out accountant who grows a creature deep inside his bowls. When the creature is unleashed it begins to murder those who [...]

October 18, 2014

The Passing Of Harold Ramis – A Comedic Genius

Harold Ramis has died. To many he will always be Egon Spengler in the Ghostbusters movies but to others he was a damn fine writer/director, behind some of the most influential comedy films of the last 40 years. Ramis directed Groundhog Day (a film [...]

February 24, 2014

Pondering Movies: The Loss Of The Zeitgeist

The passing of time makes me look fondly at older movies, movies that I saw when I was younger. It is simply getting more and more difficult to find enjoyment in mainstream Hollywood movies. A decade or so ago, films like Cast Away or Vanilla Sky [...]

July 9, 2013

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