Notebook Reviews: JAWS
Steven Spielberg – 1975. I don’t care what you say, but I believe that Jaws is Steven Spielberg’s greatest cinematic achievement. Spielberg’s film works on every level – as a horror movie, a drama and as an adventure [...]
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Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween
October is when the nights get darker and more mysterious. It’s the month where people like to delve deep into the horror genre and watch a variety of scary movies as Halloween approaches. Movies In Focus has put together a [...]
Jaws Of Death! Trailer & Poster For Killer Shark Thriller GREAT WHITE
Movies In Focus loves a good killer shark film (see Steven Spielberg’s Jaws and Renny Harlin’s Deep Blue Sea) and that means I’m pretty excited about director Martin Wilson’s Great White. The film looks silly as hell [...]
Podcast – Episode 3: Actor/Director Ruben Pla Talks About ALIEN, JAWS & THE EXORCIST
Ruben Pla is an actor with over 65 credits on IMDB. A character actor who has been working for a long time, Pla has had a wide variety of roles in television and film, appearing in everything from shows like CSI: Miami to iconic genre movies like [...]
Uncovering Curiosities: David Hackl’s INTO THE GRIZZLY MAZE
David Hackl’s Into The Grizzly Maze is a rollicking B-movie fun. The film sees Thomas Jane, James Marsden and Billy Bob Thornton face-off against one mean Grizzly Bear. Yes it’s Jaws in the woods – but how can that not make you want to [...]
Trailer: Simon West’s SKYFIRE Starring Jason Isaacs Erupts Onto Blu-ray, DVD & Digital This November
Director Simon West, the man behind such explosive action movies as Con Air, The Expendables 2 as well as the much under appreciated thriller The General’s Daughter has a new film on the horizon – volcano disaster movie Skyfire. The [...]
25 Great Horror Movies To Watch This October
October is the month where people like to delve deep into the horror genre and watch a variety of scary movies in the lead-up to Halloween. Movies In Focus has put together a list of 25 great horror movies. Some of them are classics films and others [...]
Review: GRIZZLY II: REVENGE Sees An Angry Bear Have George Clooney, Laura Dern and Charlie Sheen For Dinner!
Originally filmed in 1982, Grizzly II: Revenge hit a major stumbling block when one of the producers bailed during the first day of shooting on the film’s huge concert scenes in Hungary. Money issues saw the partially completed horror limp to the [...]
Posters To Make You Stay At Home
Right now everything is uncertain. There’s probably a hundred pressing questions running through your head that you need answers for. When will theatres reopen? What effect will social distancing have on going to the movies post-COVID-19? Will the [...]
The Best Scene In Steven Spielberg’s JAWS
Steven Spielberg‘s Jaws is near-perfect. The 1975 film is loaded from head to tail with great moments. The adaptation of Peter Benchley’s novel works on every level – as a horror movie, a drama and as an adventure picture. All the [...]
Something To Chew On: Behind The Scenes Of JAWS
Few movies pack a punch quite like Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. The adaptation of Peter Benchley’s novel is simply brilliant. Like I said in my review of the film, Jaws ‘works on every level, as a horror movie, a drama and as an [...]
Review: They Made A Pig’s Ear Out Of Killer Swine Movie BOAR
It would have been very easy to say that Chris Sun’s Aussie horror film Boar was…something of a bore. I won’t go for such a simple pun-fuelled insult, but I will say that Sun has made a right pig’s ear out of this outback creature [...]