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Bring Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST Home This April

A huge hit with critics and audiences alike, Kenneth Branagh‘s Belfast is a semi-autobiographical tale about growing up in the city as the violence of ‘the troubles’ spread across Northern Ireland in the late 1960s. Written and [...]

March 7, 2022

Watch The First 6 Minutes Of Kenneth Branagh’s Brilliant BELFAST

Opening with a sumptuous montage of modern day Belfast, set to the strains of Van Morrison’s song Down To Joy, Kenneth Branagh’s regular cinematographer, Haris Zambarloukos, switches to luscious monochrome as we fall back into the [...]

February 10, 2022

Review: Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST Is Heartfelt And Emotionally Powerful

A wondrously nostalgic look at his childhood, Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is a heartfelt and emotionally powerful piece of cinema. Branagh has crafted a film where whimsy and realism sit side-by-side so the viewer can visit a Belfast which is as [...]

January 24, 2022

Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST

Movies In Focus lived in Belfast for six years before moving to England. I’ve recently moved back near the city – and it’s a place which I have a strong emotional attachment to. It’s a wonderful city, a vibrant city and a [...]

September 3, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Sean Ellis’ ANTHROPOID

Anthropoid is a curious WWII dramatic thriller from 2016. It’s probably made even more curious by the fact this true story stars two Irish actors (Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy) as Czech soldiers on a mission to assassinate Nazi officer [...]

March 26, 2021

New Clips From Otto Bathurst’s ROBIN HOOD

Otto Bathurst’s Robin Hood is an unknown quantity at this stage. Will it be a classic like Errol Flynn’s or largely forgotten like the 2010 Russell Crowe/Ridley Scott joint? All will be revealed when Taron Egerton picks up his bow and [...]

October 31, 2018

Rejoice! The Trailer & Poster For The New ROBIN HOOD Is Here

Well here’s the first trailer for Otto Bathurst’s Robin Hood (formerly Robin Hood: Origins). It’s kind of what we all expected – a mish-mash of Batman Begins, The Matrix, Lord Of The Rings and Pirates Of The Caribbean. But [...]

May 8, 2018

Images From New ROBIN HOOD Movie Show Robin, Marian, Little John & The Sheriff Of Nottingham

Everyone loves a Robin Hood movie. You might say that you don’t – but deep down you really do! Errol Fylnn, Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe – heck even Cary Elwes and that Disney Fox – everyone has their favourite. There’s a new [...]

January 6, 2018

First Look At Peter Dinklage & Jamie Dornan In MY DINNER WITH HERVE´

We all appreciate the good work of Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan, so it’s great that they’re going something together. My Dinner With Hervé is a new HBO flick from writer-director Sacha Gervasi that follows the odd friendship between [...]

June 24, 2017

Somebody Ordered The Full Irish: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan & Pierce Brosnan In H-BLOCK

Wow – what a combination (and a whole lot of A-list Irish)! Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan and Pierce Brosnan will join with director Jim Sheridan for H-Block, the true story of an escape from Belfast’s Maze prison in 1983. The escape saw [...]

April 29, 2017

Movies In Focus At The 2017 BAFTA Film Awards And The Full Winners List

Movies In Focus once again braved the elements to join the red carpet at the 2017 EE Bafta Film Awards. This was the 70th year of the event and it was held at the Royal Albert Hall, rather than the usual Royal Opera House venue. As expected, [...]

February 13, 2017

50 Shades Of Dornan: A Look At The Career Of Jamie Dornan

Based on an extraordinary true story, Anthropoid follows the daring plot by two Czechoslovakian agents to assassinate SS officer Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and third in command of the Nazi forces behind Hitler [...]

January 26, 2017

DVD Review: It’s Czech Mate As Jamie Dornan & Cillian Murphy Take On The Nazis In ANTHROPOID

Anthropoid is a curious WWII dramatic thriller. It’s probably made even more curious by the fact this true story stars two Irish actors (Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy) as Czech soldiers on a mission to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard [...]

January 22, 2017

CLOSED Competition: Win ANTHROPOID Starring Cillian Murphy & Jamie Dornan On DVD

World War II thriller Anthropoid starring Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan hits DVD on 16 January 2016. Movies In Focus is giving away 3 copies of the film on DVD – and all you need to do to enter the competition is complete the below contact form [...]

January 10, 2017