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Review: Robert Rodriguez Casts A Spell Over Ben Affleck With The Twisty Thriller HYPNOTIC

Hypnotic is a twisty science fiction thriller from the mind of indie action auteur, Robert Rodriguez. The Ben Affleck starrer is an entertaining throwback piece, the type of film that Bruce Willis or even Affleck himself might have toplined 20 years [...]

May 13, 2023

Uncovering Curiosities: Jorge Dorado’s MINDSCAPE

Mindscape is a well composed Spanish/American production that works as a piece of entertainment, however you can’t help but feel that director Jorge Dorado and writer Guy Holmes felt there was much more weight to things than what ultimately ended [...]

October 2, 2021

A Fair Price To Pay: Christopher Nolan’s Universal Deal

We now know that Christopher Nolan will be making his new movie with Universal Pictures – his first away from Warner Bros. in almost 20 years. Written by Nolan, the film will focus on J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who played a major [...]

September 16, 2021

Trailer & Poster: Neo-Noir Thriller REMINISCENCE Starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson & Thandiwe Newton

Writer/director/producer Lisa Joy’s Reminiscence seems to have strong echoes of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Christopher Nolan’s Inception. That’s no criticism, because I’m impressed and intrigued by this trailer [...]

June 3, 2021

Review: BLISS Starring Owen Wilson & Salma Hayek Has An Intriguing Premise But A Fumbled Execution

Writer/director Mike Cahill’s Bliss is a film which takes a big swing but ultimately never really delivers on its promise. That’s a shame because this Owen Wilson/Salma Hayek film drama features some intriguing concepts and a great straight turn [...]

February 5, 2021

Christopher Nolan’s Swiss Watch

As a director, Christopher Nolan has had a pretty impressive cinematic run: Following (1998) Memento (2000) Insomnia (2002) Batman Begins (2005) The Prestige (2006) The Dark Knight (2008) Inception (2010) The Dark Knight Rises (2012), [...]

September 6, 2020

The Wild, The Innocent & The Release Date Shuffle

Hold on to your hats because it’s going to be a bumpy ride! If you thought that you had your summer movie schedule all planned out as a way of getting over the Coronavirus pandemic, then think again! Warner Bros has shifted the release of [...]

June 13, 2020

Trailer: John David Washington & Robert Pattinson Turn Back Time In Christopher Nolan’s TENET

Christopher Nolan‘s Tenet looks great. Movies In Focus hasn’t a clue what the film is about, but this new trailer for the John David Washington/Robert Pattinson mind-bender has impressive visuals. I think it’s about time travel or [...]

May 22, 2020

Review: Mind-Bending Short Sci-Fi Film RE-DISPLACEMENT

Writer-director Lewis Coates‘ short film, Re-Displacement impresses due to the complexity of what he manages to do across the film’s 15 minute running time. Set in the near future, Re-Displacement follows Leo (Nico Mirallegro) as he [...]

April 1, 2020

The Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century…So Far

Movies In Focus was inspired to put together a Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century list after reading the recent piece in Empire which listed the top movies of the century as voted for by the magazine’s readers. It was a pretty damning list [...]

January 21, 2020

Empire Magazine’s 100 Greatest Movies Of The Century Features A Lot Of Serious Duds

Taste is an interesting thing. Everyone is entitled to their opinion of course, but some people simply don’t have good taste. They’d rather eat at McDonalds than a good restaurant. This list of Empire Magazine’s 100 films of the [...]

January 18, 2020

Trailer For Christopher Nolan’s Latest Mind-Bending Thriller TENET

You can tell from the get-go that Tenet is a Christopher Nolan movie. It’s cool, calm, collected and visually impressive. This looks like yet another mind-bending epic thriller in the vein of his 2010 hit Inception and should deliver the type [...]

January 3, 2020

The Teaser Poster For DUNKIRK Tells You It’s A Christopher Nolan Movie

Blue hues, a silhouette and a lot of atmosphere – yep, it’s gotta be a Christopher Nolan movie. This poster for Dunkirk lets you know that this will be epic. Just look at what lies beyond. I’ll admit that we’ve seen this [...]

December 13, 2016

Johnny Depp Gets A Big Payday For TRANSCENDENCE

Johnny Depp is going to try something different. The actor is close to signing on to cinematographer Wally Pfister’s directorial debut, Transcendence. The film will be produced by Christopher Nolan, who collaborated with Pfister on Memento, [...]

October 25, 2012

DVD Review: Bradley Cooper And Robert DeNiro In LIMITLESS

Limitless sees Bradley Cooper continue his climb up the A-list ladder. This adaptation of Alan Glynn’s novel The Dark Fields is the first film which Cooper has top lined (he is also an Executive Producer) and he does a commendable job, [...]

March 26, 2012