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Remembering The Great Tony Scott

Director Tony Scott was born on June 21st 1944. He followed in the footsteps of his older brother, director Ridley Scott, by attending Art College. He then made his way into the advertising industry, working for his brother’s company, Ridley [...]

August 19, 2022

Behind The Scenes: Kenneth Branagh Directs Kevin Costner On The Set Of JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT

Before John Krasinski took on the role, Chris Pine followed in the footsteps of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck and played Tom Clancy’s hero in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Kenneth Branagh’s 2014 film rebooted the franchise, ditching [...]

December 14, 2020

Davy Jones Is Calling: It’s A Pirate’s Life For Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney has a cameo in Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales/ Salazar’s Revenge – and there’s now a poster to prove it! Macca plays Jail Guard 2 in the Johnny Depp swashbuckler, which opens on 26 May 2017. All [...]

May 14, 2017

Andrew Garfield: TV and Film Career

LA born and Surrey raised, Andrew Garfield began his acting career in British television and theatre. His first role in a feature length film was in Robert Redford’s Lions for Lambs. This was followed by a mix of low budget, independent shorts and [...]

January 26, 2016

Blu-ray Review: THE IMITATION GAME With Benedict Cumberbatch And Keira Knightley Is Mediocre

Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game was serious Awards bait. It may be based on a true story but Graham Moore’s calculated screenplay tries very hard to tick every box to be a worthy contender during the awards season. This makes the film rote [...]

March 1, 2015

Oscars 2015: The Winners At The 87th Academy Awards

Rejoice now that Birdman has won Best Picture and Best director at the 87th Academy Awards (along with Best Screenplay and Cinematography). Alejandro G Inarritu’s film might just be a modern masterpiece – but it’s a crying shame that Michael [...]

February 23, 2015

Movies In Focus Attends The 2015 Baftas And The Full List Of Winners

This is the first time I’ve went into the Baftas with such a clear opinion of who I wanted to win. It was Birdman of course, Alejandro Gonzále’s mesmerising drama starring Michael Keaton. It was never going to be easy though, as Gonzále’s [...]

February 9, 2015

OSCARS 2015: A Full List Of Nominations; BIRDMAN Flies High

The Academy Awards (aka the Oscars) nominations have been announced and it’s fantastic to see Michael Keaton score a nod for Best Actor. It was never in doubt of course, as Keaton has been the frontrunner for some time due to his sterling work in [...]

January 15, 2015

BAFTA Awards 2015: A Full List Of Nominations

The 2015 Bafta Nominations have been announced and as usual there are some surprises scattered (Under The Skin for Outstanding British Film) throughout and some not so surprising announcements (The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game). [...]

January 10, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Mark Ruffalo And Kiera Knightley’s BEGIN AGAIN Has Two Very Different Sides

Much like an LP, Begin Again has two sides. One side is an edgy independent comedy, while the other is a saccharine studio romance. These two entities are thrown together in John Carney’s musical that while imbalanced, isn’t bad. In fact, it’s [...]

November 8, 2014

UK Trailer For Potential Benedict Cumberbatch Awards Magnet THE IMITATION GAME

The Imitation Game hits UK screens on 14 November – but you can use this new trailer to get your Benedict Cumberbatch/Keira Knightley fix. Cumberbatch is gaining more and more awards heat in a year that has the potential to be a banner year in [...]

October 7, 2014

New Poster For THE IMITATION GAME Starring Benedict Cumberbatch And Keira Knightley

The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley is gaining a lot of awards traction because of Cumberbatch’s performance a as Alan Turning, the man who cracked the Enigma code firing World War II. It looks like the Sherlock [...]

September 20, 2014

Review: Chris Pine And Kevin Costner Play The Spy Game In JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT

Chris Pine follows in the footsteps of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck by taking on the role of Tom Clancy’s hero in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Kenneth Branagh’s film reboots the franchise, ditching Clancy’s source material to [...]

February 5, 2014

Interview: Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Talks Chris Pine, JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT And STAR TREK

Lorenzo di Bonaventura is one of Hollywood’s biggest producers, having ushered such big-budget films like Transformers, G.I. Joe and Salt to the screen and his latest endeavour has him working alongside Mace Neufeld and David Barron and others to [...]

January 14, 2014

Obituary: Director Tony Scott Dead At 68

Tony Scott, the hugely successful Hollywood producer and director of films such as Top Gun and Enemy of the State has passed away at the age of 68. Reports indicate that Scott took his own life by leaping from a bridge in Los Angeles, California. He [...]

August 20, 2012