Notebook Reviews: JURASSIC PARK
Steven Spielberg – 1993. Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park is great fun. It’s an excellent adaptation of Michael Crichton‘s best-selling novel and Spielberg doesn’t get bogged down in too much of the book’s [...]
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Uncovering Curiosities: Don Chaffey’s ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.
Hammer Films is best known for its velvet-tinged gothic horror movies, but few know that it was the studio behind One Million Years B.C., the movie that launched a million posters! Don Chaffey’s 1996 movie is most famous for that Raquel Welch [...]
Notebook Reviews: BLADE II
Guillermo del Toro – 2002 Director Guillermo del Toro‘s Blade II delivers a sequel which is an improvement on the original film, but this is still a limp action-horror (a pity – because the trailer is so good). Wesley Snipes once [...]
Remembering SUPER MARIO BROS: THE MOTION PICTURE Starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo & Dennis Hopper
It’s hard to imagine how big a failure Super Marion Bros: The Motion Picture was on its release in 1993. Directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, the film was supposed to be the film that brought video games and movies together, a lucrative [...]
Notebook Reviews: RISING SUN
Philip Kaufman – 1993 Philip Kaufman’s Rising Sun is the other Michael Crichton adaptation from 1993. It’s a good thriller, but it seems like everyone involved is taking this Crichton potboiler just a little too seriously, As [...]
Notebook Reviews: JURASSIC PARK 3
Joe Johnston – 2001 Jurassic Park 3 might be a blatant money making machine – but it’s also damn good entertainment. The cast is strong (Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola and Michael Jeter), the action is [...]
Interview: The Brilliant Jason Isaacs Talks SKYFIRE & Filming During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Movies In Focus had the great opportunity to chat with the brilliant Jason Isaacs about his latest film, Skyfire. Isaacs has had roles in everything from the Harry Potter franchise to Star Trek, The Patriot and Event Horizon. He’s a [...]
Review: Jason Isaacs Chews The Scenery In The Explosive Volcanic Thriller SKYFIRE
There’s a ridiculous amount of fun to be had with director Simon West’s Skyfire. The film takes Jurassic Park, blends it with Dante’s Peak and adds-in some Chinese Five Spice for a rollicking rollercoaster ride of a movie. It’s silly as [...]
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 [...]
Notebook Reviews: THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK
Steven Spielberg – 1997 Steven Spielberg makes a sub-standard sequel to Jurassic Park. The Lost World: Jurassic Park features are some good set pieces, but this fails to match-up to the 1993 original. The special effects are a tad ropey when [...]
Kathleen Kennedy To Receive The BAFTA Fellowship In 2020
Kathleen Kennedy is one of the most important figures in film over the last 40 years. Kennedy has worked on some of the most iconic, important and ground-breaking films over the last dour decades. In 1982 she co-founded Amblin Entertainment with [...]
Blu-ray Review: Steven Spielberg Achieves Greatness With SCHINDLER’S LIST
In a career filled with extraordinary movies, Steven Spielberg’s crowning masterpiece is Schindler’s List. The 1993 film is a powerful piece of filmmaking, filled with richness and humanity. This is Spielberg working at the top of his game, [...]
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 [...]
Dark Times Ahead: Final Trailer For JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM
Universal Pictures, Steven Spielberg and Chris Pratt will be the real winners once Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom hits screens on 6 June 2018. I have no real interest in catching this – not even on Netflix. This dino-franchise should be [...]
More Dino Disaster In The First Trailer For JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM
If you’ve seen any Jurassic Park film then you now the score by now. Dino destruction on a leafy island with CGI-fueled creatures running amok. Throw in some humour, and BAM! Box office gold. It’s business as usual for, Jurassic World: [...]
First Image From JURASSIC WORLD 2
Producer Frank Marshall took to social media to remind us that it’s dino-time once more for Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas. Another billion dollars in the bank for Universal and Amblin. Source: Frank [...]
Steven Spielberg Hires An Old Friend To Write INDIANA JONES 5
Writer David Koepp has been hired to thrash-out the script for the recently announced Indiana Jones 5. Koepp is one of Steven Spielberg’s go-to guys when it comes to scripts, having penned the likes of Jurassic Park, The Lost World, War of the [...]
Bad News As Michael Keaton And J.K. Simmons Jump Ship From KONG: SKULL ISLAND
Kong: Skull Island has now gone from must-see to’ why bother?’. Both Michael Keaton and J.K. Simmons have pulled out of the movie due to ‘scheduling conflicts’. Tom Hiddleston is still onboard the Jordan Vogt-Roberts directed [...]
Blu-ray Review: Die Hard In A School With TOY SOLDIERS
The success of Die Hard led to a bevy of copycat movies which saw terrorists take over a location (a building, a boat, a train, a plane) only to be thwarted by an unlikely hero. 1991’s Toy Soldiers sees a group of Colombian terrorists take over a [...]
Steven Spielberg Wants To Direct The INDIANA JONES Reboot With Chris Pratt
A reboot/remake/rehash of Indiana Jones is going to happen – that’s a dead cert at this point and Disney (and Lucasfilm) is eager to replace Harrison Ford with Chris Pratt as everyone’s favourite whip-cracking archaeologist. At the [...]