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Review: Lynne Ramsay’s DIE MY LOVE Starring Jennifer Lawrence & Robert Pattinson Delivers Powerful Cinema

Cinema is an interesting art form. It can be used for far-fetched escapism, offering up a couple of hours refuge from the troubles of the real world as you are transported into another realm in thrilling ways. However, cinema can be something [...]

April 21, 2026

Uncovering Curiosities: Darren Aronofsky’s MOTHER!

Few films have left Movies In Focus as perplexed and confused as Darren Aronosfky’s 2017 film, mother!. It’s a fever-dream, a collage of terror and a cacophony of nightmares. I’m not sure if it’s a good film, but it’s definitely one which [...]

May 15, 2021

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: 211, RED SPARROW, ROLLERCOASTER, THE SENATOR & TRAFFIK

This time around: Nicolas Cage comes under fire in 211, Jennifer Lawrence is the Red Sparrow, George Segal takes a tense Rollercoaster ride, there’s trouble in Chappaquiddick for Jason Clarke in The Senator and Paula Patton gets caught in [...]

July 28, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Darren Aronofsky’s MOTHER! Is Like A Baseball Bat To The Face

Few films have left Movies In Focus as perplexed and confused as Darren Aronosfky’s mother!. It’s a fever-dream, a collage of terror and a cacophony of nightmares. I’m not sure if it’s a good film, but it’s definitely one which plays with [...]

January 20, 2018

Trailer & Poster For Spy-Thriller RED SPARROW Starring Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence reunites with her Hunger Games helmer, Francis Lawrence for the spy-thriller, Red Sparrow. Lawrence might be the box office draw here (and she could use a hit)- but the supporting cast on this bad-boy is what makes Movies In [...]

January 8, 2018

Paramount Pictures Supports Darren Aronofsky After The Failure Of MOTHER!

Despite some solid reviews, Darren Aronofsky‘s mother! grossed a poor $7.5 million from 2,368 locations in the US, but even more damning was the F grade Cinemascore – which shows the Jennifer Lawrence starrer isn’t resonating with [...]

September 18, 2017

Greetings! New Clip From Darren Aronofsky’s mother!

It’ll be interesting to see how Darren Aronofsky‘s mother! plays to general audiences. Will it be too arty for the mainstream? Is it a horror or a horror? We’ll find out on 15 September. Few people are making mainstream movies like [...]

August 31, 2017

Cracking New MOTHER! Poster

mother! or Mother! Only Darren Aronofsky knows for sure. But here’s a new poster for the Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem chiller. mother! hits screens on 15 September [...]

August 14, 2017

Trailer: Darren Aronofsky Embraces His Inner Roman Polanski With MOTHER!

It really looks like Darren Aronofsky is embracing his inner Roman Polanski for mother! (the shadow of Rosemary’s Baby looms large here) Aronofsky is always challenging expectations and you really don’t know what he’s going to [...]

August 8, 2017

Teaser Trailer For Darren Aronofsky’s MOTHER! Starring Jennifer Lawrence

Very little is known about Mother!, but the fact that it’s a Darren Aronofsky film means that it’s worth catching. This looks like an engaging chiller – throw in a cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem and Michelle [...]

July 31, 2017

Business As Usual For New X-MEN APOCALYPSE Trailer

X-Men: Apocalypse hits screens in May – and here’s the latest trailer for Bryan Singer’s mutant action sequel. This looks like business as usual – but I can’t feel there’s something missing. We’ve seen this [...]

March 17, 2016

X-MEN APOCALYPSE Poster Destroys The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

I’m not sold on this poster for X-Men: Apocalypse. You can just visualise the different character posters which make this thing up. Modern day movie marketing fails to excite in any way. I’m rooting for this movie – I really [...]

March 8, 2016

Oscars 2016: Full Winners List; Leonardo DiCaprio Finally Wins Best Actor

The awards season reached its climax with the 88th Academy Awards – and it was a night that saw the gold shared amongst a variety of films. The Revenant, Spotlight, The Big Short, The Danish Girl, Bridge of Spies and Room won the top nods, [...]

February 29, 2016

OSCARS 2016: A Full List Of Nominations; THE REVENANT Leads The Pack

The nominations for the Academy Awards (AKA the Oscars) have dropped. We expected many of these (The Revenant, The Big Short and Spotlight) but who would have guessed that Mad Max: Fury Road would be nominated for Best Picture and Best Director? I [...]

January 14, 2016

X Gonna Give It To Ya! The Stakes Are Higher In The Trailer For Bryan Singer’s X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Way back in 2000, Bryan Singer‘s X-Men came along and effectively kick-started the superhero genre. Sure, Batman and Superman had been on the big screen but nobody had ever imagined that comics could be a viable movie commodity. Over the [...]

December 12, 2015

Jennifer Lawrence And Bradley Cooper Go Head-To-Head In The First Clip From JOY

It feels like there’s now an unwritten Hollywood rule that Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper must star together in every new David O. Russell movie. They’re at it again with Joy and below is the first clip from the drama which [...]

November 14, 2015

JOY Trailer Two Shows More Plot With Less Impact

Joy still looks like serious awards bait – but this second trailer lacks the punch of the first. David O.Russell knows how to deliver but I get the feeling that this won’t be as good as Silver Linings Play Book or American Hustle. At [...]

October 21, 2015

Poster For David O. Russell’s JOY Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro And Bradley Cooper

Joy has to be one of the biggest contenders during the coming awards season. David O.Russell reunites with Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper to deliver another quirky dramedy. Here’s the poster for the film which also [...]

August 17, 2015

Blu-ray Review: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST – THE ROGUE CUT Resets The Timeline And Loses The Magic

Bryan Singer returns to the X-Men series with X-Men: Days Of Future Past. This serves as a prequel, sequel and reboot to what has come before, resetting plot-lines and characters to ensure the longevity of the fifteen year old franchise. The Rogue [...]

July 18, 2015

Get What You Want With The JOY Trailer Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper And Robert DeNiro

At this point it would seem that David O. Russell, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper are now an unstoppable cinematic force. The Fantastic Four if you will. In the last several years they have worked together in the multi-award [...]

July 15, 2015

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