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Monster Opening For SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Breaks Box Office Records

It’s been a while since Movies In Focus did any sort of deep-dive into box office analysis. That stuff doesn’t interest me like it used to, mainly because I no longer have a dog in the fight. In the good old days, you could follow actors [...]

December 20, 2021

Notebook Reviews: ALI

Michael Mann – 2001 Michael Mann’s Ali is something of a disappointment – it’s a boxing film which lacks punch. It’s great on a visual level – but it’s the story which is lacking (odd considering the [...]

May 13, 2021

Notebook Reviews: ANY GIVEN SUNDAY

Oliver Stone – 1999 Oliver Stone is at the top of his game with this sports-based drama which features a fantastic cast – Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool, Matthew Modine, Aaron Eckhart and the [...]

March 25, 2021

Putting Baby In The Corner: The Frustration Of BABY DRIVER

With a title which riffs on the Simon & Garfunkel song from their Bridge Over Troubled Water album, director Edgar Wright‘s 2017 film, Baby Driver is an energetic action-comedy/musical which is as entertaining as it is frustrating. Wright [...]

August 27, 2020

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

The Sheriff Of Nottingham Gets Sleazy As Ben Mendelsohn Joins ROBIN HOOD: ORIGINS

Robin Hood is one of those tales which will continue to be retold for every generation. Therefore you can’t complain that there’s a now a new film version in the pipeline just 6 years after Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe embraced the legend of [...]

December 14, 2016

New DJANGO UNCHAINED Poster: And Don Johnson As Big Daddy

Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson…and Don Johnson. That’s the ticket bought right there. Don Johnson is the man, and it is good to see him getting the love on the latest [...]

November 12, 2012

Aaron Eckhart & Gerard Butler Protect The White House In OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

Aaron Eckhart will play the President of the United States, and Gerard Butler will act as his loyal protector in the action/thriller Olympus Has Fallen. Antoine Fuqua will direct the film, which has been described as ‘Die Hard in the White [...]

June 24, 2012