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Poster artwork for the Luc Besson's Dracula

Review: Luc Besson’s DRACULA Is A Derivative Take On Bram Stoker’s Vampire

If you’re going to make yet another adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula then at this stage, you’re going to have to try and attempt something a little different. We’ve had hundreds of versions of Stoker’s creation, going all [...]

March 8, 2026

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Podcast Episode 77: James Kenney On Brian De Palma & His Lost Screenplay AMBROSE CHAPEL

Film scholar and returning guest James Kenney has a knack for uncovering lost and forgotten cinematic treasures. You can listen to episodes 18 and 32 of the Movies In Focus podcast to learn about his headline-making work on Peter Bogdanovich’s [...]

May 26, 2025

Whoa! 25 Years Of THE MATRIX

The Matrix is 25 years old – a quarter of a century. Whoa, where does time go? One of the defining movies in cinema history, The Matrix pretty much came from nowhere back in 1999 and changed the face of how science fiction and action movies [...]

April 1, 2024

Podcast Episode 43: THE FUGITIVE Director Andrew Davis Discusses His Career

In this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast, film director Andrew Davis talks about his long and prestigious career. Best known for directing the hugely acclaimed blockbuster The Fugitive with Harrison Ford, Davis’ career has been as eclectic [...]

March 1, 2024

Behind The Scenes: Keanu Reeves & Hugo Weaving Shoot Bullet Time On THE MATRIX

Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano, The Matrix is one of the defining movies in cinema history. It came from nowhere back in 1999 and changed the face of how science fiction and action [...]

September 30, 2023

Podcast – Episode 32: Film Historian James Kenney On DAUGHTER OF GOD With Keanu Reeves & Ana De Armas

City University of New York lecturer and film historian James Kenney once again joins the Movies In Focus podcast. The last time he was on the show he talked about discovering the original cut of Peter Bogdonavich’s Squirrels To The Nuts – [...]

April 15, 2023

Stop! New Poster For THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS

Much like the first trailer for the film, this poster for The Matrix Resurrections riffs on the artwork for the first The Matrix film. It’s screaming, ‘Forget the sequels, we’re taking you back to the real Matrix’. Check [...]

November 18, 2021

John Wick Series THE CONTINENTAL Sees New Cast Members Join Mel Gibson

Actor Colin Woodell has won a key role opposite the previously cast Mel Gibson in Starz’s John Wick prequel series, The Continental. Wodell will play a younger version of Ian McShane’s Winston Scott. Hubert Point-Du Jour, Jessica [...]

October 20, 2021

Mel Gibson To Star In John Wick Series THE CONTINENTAL

The mighty Mel Gibson will make a (very) rare television appearance with in the forthcoming John Wick spin-off series, The Continental. The three part event series, produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television will serve as a prequel of sorts to the [...]

October 18, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s WORLD ON A WIRE

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s epic 1973 science fiction television film, World On A Wire still packs an impressive gut punch 50 years after it first hit the screen. Fassbinder’s neo-noir is a precursor to The Matrix, a film which blends [...]

September 27, 2021

Déjà Vu All Over Again: THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS Trailer Is Here

After 18 years we’re finally re-entering The Matrix. Almost two decades on from the hugely disappointing The Matrix Revolutions comes The Matrix Resurrections. Directed by Lana Wachowski, this fourth film in the franchise once again sees [...]

September 9, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Victor Levin’s DESTINATION WEDDING

A sort of anti-romantic comedy, Destination Wedding is a snide, well written independent comedy with Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder as Frank and Lindsay, two strangers who meet on their way to a wedding in California’s wine region. She’s the [...]

September 9, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Keanu Reeves Riding A Horse On The Set Of JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM

Picking-up mere minutes after John Wick: Chapter 2, director Chad Stahelski’s 2019 action film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum sees Keanu Reeves‘ Wick excommunicado from his league of assassins and on the run, with an ever increasing [...]

September 2, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Keanu Reeves & Laurence Fishburne Relaxing On The Set Of JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2

Keanu Reeves has had a strange career. Every time you think he’s finally cashed in his chips as a viable leading man comes a movie that re-establishes his credentials. Over the last 30 years we’ve seen Speed, The Matrix and John Wick all [...]

August 11, 2021

Don’t Trifle With The Truffle Hunter! Trailer For Nicolas Cage Thriller PIG

Pig looks like it might just bring home the bacon – literally. The Michael Sarnoski film stars Nicolas Cage as a truffle hunter living in the Oregonian wilderness attempting to track-down his beloved foraging pig after she’s kidnapped. [...]

June 17, 2021

Notebook Reviews: SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE

Nancy Meyers – 2003 Nancy Meyers‘ Something’s Gotta Give is a brilliant old-fashioned romantic comedy which has similar vibes to The Philadelphia Story. There’s a relaxed and loose feel to the whole thing which make the [...]

June 13, 2021

Disastrous Screen Duos

From Homer Simpson to Joey Tribbianis, there’s something undeniably great about watching a loveable idiot blunder their way through life. Now, times that childish chaos by two and what do you get? A disastrous duo! We all love a bit of double [...]

January 23, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE MATRIX

The Wachowskis – 1999 The Matrix is a slick and visually amazing sci-fi film with some stunning filmmaking techniques from The Wachowskis. The story’s on the slight side, but the action is the thing and it’s done with so much style [...]

January 1, 2021

New UK Poster & Trailer For BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC

Hey dudes, here’s the totally excellent new poster and trailer for Bill & Ted Face The Music. Directed by Dean Parisot, the comedy sequel sees Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves saving the world in their own bodacious way. The film will hit [...]

July 24, 2020

The Wild, The Innocent & The Release Date Shuffle

Hold on to your hats because it’s going to be a bumpy ride! If you thought that you had your summer movie schedule all planned out as a way of getting over the Coronavirus pandemic, then think again! Warner Bros has shifted the release of [...]

June 13, 2020

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