hunger games

Trailer & Poster For Spy-Thriller RED SPARROW Starring Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence reunites with her Hunger Games helmer, Francis Lawrence for the spy-thriller, Red Sparrow. Lawrence might be the box office draw here (and she could use a hit)- but the supporting cast on this bad-boy is what makes Movies In [...]

January 8, 2018

How The Mighty Has Fallen: The Once ASCENDANT Divergent Franchise Descends To TV

Movies In Focus has no interest in Lionsgate’s Divergent franchise – but this is interesting news. It looks like the film series’ final installment, Ascendant, is going to skip the big screen altogether and make its debut on television, an odd [...]

July 21, 2016

The New Clip From MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS Will Excite Fans

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials shows that you can’t keep a good Young Adult franchise down. The Hunger Games might be winding down but the Divergent series is chugging along an now here’s part two of The Maze Runner. This new clip for the [...]

September 5, 2015

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 Teaser Poster And Logo Reveal Trailer (Whatever That Is)

Movies In Focus will never be a convert to The Hunger Games franchise. There’s just nothing going on with it – this is a cinematic sweat shop. However, for those of you who care – here’s a new teaser poster and a logo reveal [...]

March 20, 2015

The Young Adult Adaptation Deluge Continues With THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT Trailer

Divergent scored $150 million at the US box office and over $288 million globally, launching a franchise and making a star out of Shailene Woodley. The sequel, Insurgent is on the way (it hits March 2015) and this trailer lets fans know they’re [...]

December 13, 2014

Some People Will Be Interested In This Trailer For FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

Fifty Shades of Grey looks like Twilight for those in their twilight years, Divergent for deviants, or even The Hunger Games for people who like raunchy games. Whatever the case, it opens on Valentine’s Day 2015. [...]

November 15, 2014

Two New TV Spots For THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1

The title The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 just rolls off the tongue – it’s so short and snappy. What’s the point of these movies? To add a few more zeroes to the bank account of everyone involved. I’m sure they also [...]

October 24, 2014

Katniss Is Back In The New Teaser Poster For THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (what a catchy title) isn’t aimed at people like me. It’s aimed at teenage girls and masses of them. I’m a man in his thirties, so I can sit this one out. I’ve never caught the other films in the series, [...]

September 5, 2014

New Clip For THE MAZE RUNNER: Yet Another Dystopian Young Adult Adaptation

These young adult novel adaptations are coming thick and fast, trying to score some of that Hunger Games dough. Here’s a new clip from the latest YA adaptation (and would-be franchise starter) The Maze Runner, which ‘‘is set in a [...]

August 28, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Harrison Ford And Gary Oldman Chew Scenery In PARANOIA

Paranoia works as a thriller. It has enough tense moments and good performances to keep things moving smoothly through its running time, playing like Wall Street meets Enemy of the State for the Y generation. Robert Luketic’s film is not as good [...]

March 8, 2014

The DOCTOR Scores A WHO-le Lotta Cash On The Big Screen

The incredibly flaccid Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor banked £1.89 million ($2.9 million) worth of green from 440 cinemas in the UK. That puts the special third at the UK box office behind box office juggernauts, The [...]

November 26, 2013

Patrick Stewart & Ian McKellen Sign Up To X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

Bryan Singer has confirmed that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen will be returning to the X-Men world. The pair will join the younger versions of Professor X and Magneto, played by James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as well as Nicholas Hoult and [...]

November 28, 2012

Joe Wright Eyes Directing THE SECRET LIFE OF HOUDINI

I can really get onboard with Joe Wright directing the Houdini biopic, which is based on the book, The Secret Life of Houdini by William Kalush and Larry Sloman – or to call it by its full (awkward) title, The Secret Life of Houdini: The [...]

October 16, 2012

Gary Ross Ditches The Hunger Games For HOUDINI

It looks like Gary Ross has ditched the Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire in order to make something that could actually be good. Ross is in negotiations to bring Houdini to the screen for Summit Entertainment. The film will be an adaptation of the [...]

May 3, 2012