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Oscars 2022: The Full Academy Awards Winners List

The 94th Academy Awards took place on Sunday 27th March 2022. The event was pretty much over shadowed by Best Actor winner Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. If the night [...]

March 28, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: J.C. Chandor’s A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

Following Margin Call and All Is Lost, J.C. Chandor’s 2014 continues to deliver challenging movies with his latest release, A Most Violent Year. This ‘80s set drama is cloaked in stark detail and the film’s atmosphere and mood is [...]

May 17, 2021

Disappointing Trailer For THE 355 Starring Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger & Fan Bingbing

Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger and Fan Bingbing have teamed-up for the action-packed spy thriller The 355. Here’s the first trailer for the Simon Kinberg directed pic – I really want to like it [...]

October 6, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Christopher Nolan & Matthew McConaughey On The Set Of INTERSTELLAR

Christopher Nolan’s 2014 release, Interstellar is very clearly inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey – the benchmark for this type of science fiction drama. He keeps the CGI to a minimum, choosing to use practical effects [...]

August 10, 2020

Trailer For Assassin Thriller AVA Starring Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, John Malkovich & Common

For what looks like a pretty generic assassin on-the-run thriller, Ava has a pretty impressive cast – Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, John Malkovich, Common and Geena Davis (who knows a thing or two about this sort of movie having starred in [...]

June 28, 2020

Scaring The IT Out Of You: Trailer For IT CHAPTER 2

The first instalment of Andy Muschietti’s 2017 adaptation of Stephen King‘s IT was surprising on two levels. One: it grossed over $327 million at the US box office and more than $700 million globally. Two: it was actually pretty great. [...]

July 18, 2019

Go Mel! Full List Of Golden Globe Nominations

The nominations for the 74th Golden Globe Awards have been announced – and Mel Gibson‘s Hacksaw Ridge has a strong showing (seven nods, same as La La Land). That’s what I call a comeback. Go Mel! A whole host of Movies In Focus [...]

December 12, 2016

Blu-ray Review: THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR Is A Fairy Tale Fantasy Too Far

The Huntsman: Winter’s War is the follow-up to 2012’s surprisingly good Snow White And The Huntsman. However, there’s been a lot of creative shake-ups since that film scored almost $400 globally. Director Rupert Sanders and star [...]

August 28, 2016

Get A Taste For Life On Mars With These New Clips From Ridley Scott’s THE MARTIAN

What would it feel like to be trapped on Mars? Find out when The Martian opens on 30 September. However, in the meantime you can get a feel for the Ridley Scott directed Matt Damon starrer by watching the below clips. During a manned mission to [...]

September 12, 2015

The Launch Trailer For Ridley Scott’s THE MARTIAN Has Landed

It’ll be a shame if The Martian doesn’t hit it big at the box office. Firstly, it looks great and if it’s great then people should see it. However, it’s failure would likely mean that Hollywood will shy away from investing [...]

August 20, 2015

CRIMSON PEAK Character Posters For Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain And Mia Wasikowska

When Tom Hiddleston’s character art from Crimson Peak dropped last week, Movies In Focus guessed it wouldn’t be long before we’d see Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska posters – it happened and you check [...]

July 9, 2015

New CRIMSON PEAK Poster Puts The Focus On Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston is the focus of this new poster for Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak. However, I get the feeling that Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, and Charlie Hunnam will all get their chance to shine in a piece of wall art. This is a [...]

July 6, 2015

Bring Matt Damon Home With The Poster And Trailer For Ridley Scott’s THE MARTIAN

The Martian could be a potential return to sci-fi form for Ridley Scott after the abysmal Prometheus. Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded on the red planet, while NASA and his crew attempt to rescue him. This looks like great stuff. Movies In [...]

June 13, 2015