jamie lee curtis

OSCARS 2023: A Full List Of The 95th Academy Awards Nominations

Movies In Focus is just going to say this up front – I want Top Gun: Maverick to win Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards. The reason being is that it’s a crowd pleaser – a movie. A Hollywood movie. It deserves to win. It would [...]

January 24, 2023

Trailer & Poster: It’s The Final Countdown For Laurie Strode & Michael Myers In HALLOWEEN ENDS

The great John Carpenter‘s 1978 horror film Halloween is a masterpiece. David Gordon Green‘s 2018 spiritual sequel/franchise reboot, Halloween was excellent but unfortunately Green’s 2021 follow-up, Halloween Kills was a huge [...]

July 20, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s THE FOG

After taking a break from horror to make Elvis in 1979, John Carpenter returned to the genre with The Fog, an atmospheric ghost story set in the fictional Californian town of Antonio Bay. When The Fog starts rolling-in, so does the crew of [...]

October 15, 2021

How David Gordon Green Managed To Make Michael Myers & Halloween Relevant Again

In 2018, director David Gordon Green along with co-writers Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride managed to do the near imaginable – they managed to once again make the Halloween franchise – and Michael Myers – relevant again. The [...]

October 14, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN

From the panaglide-shot opening, John Carpenter‘s 1978 horror film, Halloween is all about atmosphere. Carpenter creates tension as we creep through a family home, seeing through the eyes of a young Michal Myers. It’s an iconic moment and [...]

October 14, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Malek Akkad, John Carpenter & Jamie Lee Curtis On The Set Of 2018’s HALLOWEEN

The 2018 horror movie Halloween begins with an institutionalised Michael Myers pulling the strong and silent treatment on a pair of podcasters who are delving deep into the events which occurred in Haddonfield, Illinois in 1978. However, an evil [...]

June 25, 2021

The Beast Must Die: Full Trailer For HALLOWEEN KILLS

David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills is set to open on 15 October 2021 and while we’ve had a couple of teasers for the film, this trailer is the first proper look at the horror sequel. Green’s follow-up to the 2018 hit, [...]

June 25, 2021

Halloween Revisited: A Look At John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN & David Gordon Green’s Follow-Up

The horror genre can often (rightfully) be maligned. Many of the films within the genre are cheap exploitation films, whose filmmakers care more about monetary return than crafting a great movie. However, John Carpenter constructed an instant [...]

October 27, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE TAILOR OF PANAMA

John Boorman – 2001 John Boorman’s The Tailor of Panama is a fantastic black-comedy thriller which is based on the novel John le Carré. They don’t make enough films with this type of energy. Geoffrey Rush is great at the titular [...]

September 24, 2020

Notebook Reviews: VIRUS

John Bruno – 1999 Virus is a highly derivative sci-fi/horror which hardly breaks new ground – but having said that, it’s schlocky B-movie fun. A cross between Alien, Terminator and Deep Rising, the film is directed by former [...]

September 22, 2020

HALLOWEEN KILLS Delayed Until October 2021 – Watch The First Teaser Trailer

The good news – here’s the new teaser for David Gordon Green‘s Halloween Kills. The bad news is that anyone excited about the Halloween sequel is going to be disappointed because it has now been delayed a full year due to the [...]

July 9, 2020

Notebook Reviews: HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER

Steve Miner – 1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is the seventh entry in the Halloween franchise. Steve Miner’s film lacks the suspense of John Carpenter‘s 1978 original, but it’s good to see Jamie Lee Curtis back as Laurie [...]

March 27, 2020

Kurt Russell Looking Like A Cowboy On The Set Of John Carpenter’s THE FOG

The magic of movies knows no boundaries – be that in front of the camera, or behind it. After Elvis in 1979, John Carpenter returned to the horror genre with The Fog, an atmospheric ghost story set in the fictional Californian town of [...]

November 30, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Jamie Lee Curtis Is The Final Girl In 1980 Slasher Horror PROM NIGHT

The box office success of John Carpenter’s Halloween in 1978 led to a slew of slasher films throughout the 1980s. Paul Lynch’s Prom Night is probably one of the first to follow in the heels of Carpenter’s classic. Like Halloween, Prom Night [...]

November 28, 2019

Whodunnit? Final Trailer & Poster For Rian Johnson’s KNIVES OUT

Movies In Focus likes a good mystery. Now, if you make that a mystery starring Daniel Craig and Don Johnson then you really have my attention. This second trailer for Rain Johnson’s Knives Out is much better than the first. It gives a better [...]

September 18, 2019

Don Johnson & Daniel Craig In The Trailer For Rian Johnson’s KNIVES OUT

Movies In Focus loves a whodunnit. It’s a trait I inherited from my mother (boy, does she love a good murder). Therefore I was already sold on Last Jedi director Rian Johnson‘s Agatha Christie inspired Knives Out. Throw in the [...]

July 2, 2019

Review: Michael Myer’s Returns To Haddonfield In David Gordon Green’s Follow-Up To John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN

John Carpenter’s Halloween is as near to perfect as any slasher film can be and the 1978 horror is a masterful exercise in suspense, augmented by come exceptional camera work (the opening is still stunning) and a wonderful score. A multitude of [...]

October 27, 2018

Review: John Carpenter’s THE FOG Is A Classic Ghost Story

October 16, 2018

Review: John Carpenter’s Horror Classic HALLOWEEN Is Still Great 40 Years Later

October 3, 2018

Jamie Lee Curtis Is Ready To Protect In The Second HALLOWEEN Trailer

Halloween is nearly here. Jame Lee Cutis is back as Laurie Strode in David Gordon Green’s Halloween reboot/sequel/continuation – which drops on 18 October. Movies In Focus, a long-term John Carpenter fan (the Master Od Horror produces [...]

September 5, 2018

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