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Review: HELLOWEEN Offers A Killer Clown Horror Mash-Up

Reviewing horror movies can be difficult. The genre has its own rules, and it can work on two different levels. Some films exist purely to entertain, while others serve as allegories for current events. Both approaches are totally valid, but it’s [...]

October 15, 2025

Sing Along With Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga In The Latest Trailer For JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

Joker: Folie À Deux could be a disaster, it could possibly be an awards winner or it might even become a forgotten footnote to one of the most divisive and controversial comic book movies of the last 20 years. However, one thing’s for sure, [...]

July 23, 2024

Behind The Scenes: Robert Pattinson & Matt Reeves On The Set Of THE BATMAN

Director Matt Reeves has decided to focus on Batman’s detective leanings, framing the movie as a serial killer thriller and presenting Gotham City as a gritty rain-soaked metropolis which is rotting from the top down. Setting the film during the [...]

July 6, 2024

No Laughing Matter: JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX Starring Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga Confirmed With Teaser

Originally pitched as a standalone movie, Todd Phillips‘ Joker banked over $1 billion globally and scored star Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar. It was only a matter of time before Warner Bros. came looking for a sequel. Now it has been confirmed [...]

August 6, 2022

Behind The Scenes: Joaquin Phoenix & Director Todd Phillips On The Set Of JOKER

A film which stands alone from Batman in a general way, 2019’s Joker still finds itself wrapped in the Dark Knight’s milieu. It’s subtle in its nods to Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s creation but it firmly sits as a film. Todd Phillips’ [...]

June 11, 2022

CLOSED Competition: Win THE BATMAN On Blu-ray

Unmask the truth behind Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne with The Batman, now on Digital Download and 4K, Blu-ray and DVD on 13th June, and to celebrate its release Movies In Focus has two [...]

June 8, 2022

Review: THE BATMAN Is A Refreshing But Flawed Take On The Dark Knight

The Batman is the latest big screen incarnation of Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s iconic comic book hero. Over the last 30-odd years there have been multiple film takes on Batman from Tim Burton’s brooding gothic noir and Joel Schumacher’s [...]

March 8, 2022

The Dark Knight: A Look Back At Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy

Little did we know how much mainstream moviemaking would change when Christopher Nolan was charged with rebooting the Batman franchise. Released in 2005, Nolan’s Batman Begins took The Dark Knight and transported Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s [...]

December 12, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Adam Egypt Mortimer’s DANIEL ISN’T REAL

The independent film arena is still the best place to discover stellar genre fare. These films don’t need the huge (and complex) marketing models which have all but destroyed the concept of variety and choice within mainstream cinema. Director [...]

May 29, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE Is Epic In Scope

Zack Snyder’s Justice League is a film which shouldn’t exist – but here it is. For years it was a cinematic myth, an unfinished film that would never see the light of day and nothing but a future trivia quiz question for comics [...]

May 26, 2021

Review: Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE Is The Film We Should Have Had Years Ago!

March 15, 2021

More Tease? Another New Trailer For Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE Offers A Glimpse At Darkseid, Deathstroke & Joker

This teaser trailer for Zack Snyder‘s much anticipated Justice League shows more new footage from the retooled DC Comics Superhero team-up. It’s not going to sway the haters, but it’s something for the Snyder faithful. You get a [...]

March 9, 2021

SUPERMAN Reboot On The Way With Ta-Nehisi Coates Writing & J.J. Abrams Producing

It looks like Henry Cavill might be hanging-up the red cape. Word is out that Ta-Nehisi Coates has been hired to write the script for a new reboot of Superman, which will be produced by J.J. Abrams. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film [...]

February 27, 2021

Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE Is Now A Global Event

Zack Snyder’s Justice League is going to go global. The DC Comics superhero team-up will be available worldwide in all markets day and date with the film when it makes its US debut on HBO Max on Thursday 18 March 2021. Snyder’s long [...]

February 20, 2021

ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE Gets A Trailer & Jared Leto’s Joker Comes Face-To-Face With Batman

Zack Snyder’s Justice League has now scored an explosive new trailer in the lead-up to its release. The long awaited 4-hour cut of Snyder’s superhero movie will arrive on HBO Max on 18 March 2021 and it looks to give fans serious bang [...]

February 16, 2021

See Jared Leto’s Joker From Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE

We wondered how he’d fit into Zack Snyder‘s Justice League – and now we get our first look at Jared Leto‘s Joker – and some details about his role in the film. Snyder’s 4-hour cut of Justice League hits HBO Max [...]

February 9, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Michael Keaton & Batman Creator Bob Kane On The Set Of BATMAN RETURNS

Since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in May of 1939, Batman has become not only an iconic comic book character, but also a major character on television, radio, novels and of course, the big screen. Created by a young artist named Bob [...]

January 14, 2021

The Joker Is Wild! Jared Leto Takes Part In Reshoots For Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE

If 2020 has taught us anything, then it is to expect the unexpected. First came news that Zack Snyder was finally getting to complete his #Snydercut of Justice League. Then came the announcement that Michael Keaton was returning as Batman in The [...]

October 22, 2020

The Best Scene In Tim Burton’s BATMAN

There’s much to enjoy in Tim Burton’s Batman. The 1989 release is packed with wonderful production design from Anton Furst, a brilliant Danny Elfman score and great performances from everyone in the cast. Not bad for a movie which was [...]

April 25, 2020

THE BATMAN Gets A New Release Date After COVID-19 Delay

Production for Matt Reeves’ The Batman shut-down on 14 March due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the Batman reboot has been on indefinite hiatus and a locked-down Reeves has been going over footage in preparation for when things [...]

April 21, 2020

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