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Trailer & Poster: Stallone Takes A Back Seat & Lets Statham Drive The EXPEND4BLES

You won’t find a bigger fan of The Expendables franchise than Movies In Focus. I thought the first film was solid enough, but I think the franchise reached its potential with the second and third instalments. A lot of that had to do with the [...]

June 7, 2023

Podcast – Episode 22: Legendary Screenwriter Steven E. de Souza On His Hollywood Career & Films Such As Die Hard, 48 Hours, Hudson Hawk & More!

Steven E. de Souza, the acclaimed screenwriter and director joins Niall Browne for this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast. Mega hits and cult classics such as 48 Hours, Commando, Die Hard, The Running Man, Die Hard 2, Hudson Hawk, [...]

October 17, 2022

Remembering The Great Roger Moore

The great Roger Moore is the charismatic star who is best known for his 12-year run as James Bond from 1973 to 1985, along with his turn as Simon Templar in the television series The Saint, a show which ran from 1962-1969. Moore was born in London [...]

October 14, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Jean-Claude Van Damme & Roger Moore On The Set Of THE QUEST

Belgian action star Jean-Claude Van Damme scored his first directing credit with the 1996 action film, The Quest. Set in the 1920s, Van Damme is the small time New York crook who finds himself lost at sea and involved in a martial arts contest to [...]

April 29, 2021

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: SUSPIRIA, SKINNER, THE DARK HALF, MIDSOMMAR, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS & THE QUEST

This time around: Dakota Johnson feels like dancing in the remake of Suspiria, Ted Raimi is Skinner, Stephen King and George A. Romero tackle The Dark Half, we learn that Godzilla is King of The Monsters, Florence Pugh gets caught-up in a [...]

October 21, 2019

It’s A Game Of Two Halves For Dave Bautista And Pierce Brosnan In The First FINAL SCORE Teaser

Movies In Focus is no football fan(soccer for US readers) but I’ll watch Final Score because it stars Pierce Brosnan. I also quite like Dave Bautista‘s screen presence – so this could be fun. It’s got a Die Hard in a Football [...]

June 24, 2018

Is Sylvester Stallone Back For THE EXPENDABLES 4?

A few months ago Sylvester Stallone walked away from The Expendables 4 because of creative differences with producer Avi Lerner (Arnold Schwarzenegger then followed Stallone out the door). However, a new post on Instagram sees the [...]

August 12, 2017

Obituary: An Everlasting Bond – Roger Moore 1927 – 2017

Roger Moore has died from cancer at the age of 89. The charismatic star is best known for his 12-year run as James Bond from 1973 to 1985, along with his turn as Simon Templar in The Saint, a show which ran from 1962-1969. Born in London on 14 [...]

May 23, 2017

Blu-ray Review: KICKBOXER: VENGEANCE Needs An Extra Shot Of Van Damme

Kickboxer: Vengeance just about works. It’s a so-so DTV actioner improved greatly by the presence of the mighty Jean Claude Van Damme. A franchise reboot of Van Damme’s breakthrough feature Kickboxer, this doesn’t have the same charm as the [...]

December 3, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Brian Bosworth Stars In STONE COLD – A Perfect Beer & Pizza Movie

A gloriously over-the-top action thriller from 1991, Stone Cold is a relic from a time when silliness was embraced by Hollywood and dumb didn’t necessarily have to go hand in hand with dire. Former American footballer Brian Bosworth is John Stone, [...]

June 6, 2016

Review: Jean-Claude Van Damme Wants His Kidney Back In POUND OF FLESH

Few do slam-bam action quite like Jean-Claude Van Damme. He’s been knocking out a variety of actioners for over the the last three decades and his output doesn’t appear to be slowing down as the big 60 looms on the horizon. Pound Of Flesh sees [...]

June 18, 2015

Jean-Claude Van Damme Gets Organ-ised In The Trailer For POUND OF FLESH

In Pound Of Flesh Jean-Claude Van Damme plays Deacon, a badass in Manilla to donate his kidney to his terminally ill niece. However, things don’t go to plan and Deacon wakes up in a bath tub full of ice sans kidney. Most people would ask [...]

May 23, 2015

Why THE EXPENDABLES 3 Is The Most Anticipated Movie Of Summer 2014

The Expendables 3 continues to be Movies In Focus’ most anticipated movie of this summer. Forget about battling Autobots, comic book sequels, updated fairy tales or young adult adaptations – Patrick Hughes’ action extravaganza is the movie [...]

July 9, 2014

DVD Review: SALAMANDER Season One – Belgium’s Biggest Mystery Since Van Damme

Thirty tears ago Tina Turner lamented about not needing another hero, and the same must be said today about European detectives. They’re ten-a-penny, solving crimes across the continent and audiences have been able to visit more countries than a [...]

March 15, 2014

Review: THE EXPENDABLES 2 Is Mindless, Senseless Action – It’s Great!

The Expendables 2 is mindless, senseless action featuring a bunch of ageing action movie stars. And it’s absolutely great. I wasn’t totally taken by the first Expendables. Sure, it had some good moments, but I felt that the balance was missing. [...]

August 24, 2012

The Expendables: Icons Of Action Cinema

Action cinema defined Hollywood in the ‘80s and ‘90s. The titans of the action movement were undoubtedly Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, two box office powerhouses who fought it out for dominance, and who managed to change the [...]

August 22, 2012

THE EXPENDABLES 2: Stars Talk Competition, Careers & One-Liners

The marketing blitz for The Expendables 2 has seen its cast travel the world promoting the film. I attended the London premiere (read about that here) and also went along to the press conference, which saw Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, [...]

August 21, 2012

THE EXPENDABLES 2 UK Premiere: Cast & Crew Talk Old School Action

The Expendables 2 is a love letter to action cinema from the ’80 and ‘90s. It was a genre that was brushed aside with the advent of CGI, swept away by a new age of comic book adaptations and boy wizards. The kings of the action film genre were [...]

August 17, 2012

DVD Killed The Cinema Star

DVD has changed cinema, forever. Okay, it hasn’t changed how films look and sound, but it has changed the way that we view them. A little over 10 years ago when you wanted to watch a movie, you had to watch it on the big screen at a movie theatre. [...]

May 13, 2012