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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 [...]

December 13, 2020

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 [...]

October 29, 2020

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 [...]

October 4, 2020

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 [...]

May 29, 2020

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 [...]

April 17, 2020

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 [...]

April 14, 2020

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 [...]

March 12, 2019

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 [...]

February 23, 2019

The Cinematic History Of Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest and most influential directors of our time, his CV spanning an incredible array of iconic and unforgettable films such as Jaws, Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List to name but a few. To celebrate the 25th [...]

February 20, 2019

DVD Review: Nicolas Cage Steers U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE Through Choppy Waters

Put the Nicolas Cage jokes away. He’s the best thing about U.S.S. Indianapolis: Men of Courage, a solid (albeit disappointing) old fashioned war movie. This Mario Van Peebles directed drama is the type of thing that Audie Murphy might have banged [...]

December 31, 2016

Movies In Focus’ Top 20 Horror Films

It’s very difficult to distill something into a list of ‘bests’. However, sometimes it’s good to take stock of something and evaluate the quality, trying to understand what it should or shouldn’t be. I’ve been writing about films for a [...]

October 30, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Prepare To Be Slimed With SLUGS

The type of horror film that could only have been made in the 1980s, Slugs might be filled with bad acting, but a lot of effort has been put into this schlocky Spanish/American flick from cult director Juan Piquer Simón. Slugs is a far-fetched [...]

October 11, 2016

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