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Podcast Episode 107: John Brownell On Making His Crypto Comedy COIN

John Brownell’s Coin is a crypto comedy that sees two slacker friends who, through a series of events, manage to misappropriate political campaign funds in order to launch a cryptocurrency so they can save their local park from developers. Things [...]

June 19, 2026

Podcast Episode 68: Kevin Smith Talks THE 4:30 MOVIE & Euros Lyn Discusses THE RADLEYS

Two very different directors talk about two very different films on this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast. First-up, Kevin Smith talks about his 1980s set comedy, The 4:30 Movie and then later in the episode Euros Lyn discusses his [...]

October 14, 2024

Jason Lee, Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London and Claire Forlani in Mallrats

Notebook Reviews: MALLRATS

Kevin Smith – 1995 Writer-director Kevin Smith‘s Mallrats is a hugely entertaining – and very funny comedy. Derided on its initial release, this has so much to recommend and it stands as one of Smith’s finest efforts. [...]

July 12, 2024

Notebook Reviews: CHASING AMY

Kevin Smith – 1997 Chasing Amy is one of Kevin Smith‘s finest films (if not the finest). It’s a hugely watchable low-budget comedy/drama with a good script and impressive performances from Ben Affleck and Jason Lee. The main [...]

March 13, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: W.D Richter’s THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION

A movie that can’t be quantified, W.D Richter’s The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension is a cinematic fusion of a million ideas, synthesised into a film with an out of this world plot. To explain what goes in Earl Mac [...]

February 13, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Don Coscarelli’s JOHN DIES AT THE END

Let’s get one thing straight up front – the title is misleading – John does not die at the end. Once you know that you can surrender yourself to Don Coscarelli’s horror-fantasy-comedy. It’s a tonal shock to the system that could [...]

October 1, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead’s RESOLUTION

Reviewing films can be a chore. There, I said it. It becomes difficult when you see a lot of films that are (to be polite about it) substandard. Productions big and small have many problems and it gets frustrating when you see so many wasted [...]

September 1, 2020

#ReleaseTheSnyderCut: Ben Affleck Responds To The Release Of Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE On HBO Max

The mighty Ben Affleck recorded a short video clip in response to the news that Zack Snyder’s original cut of Justice League will finally see the light of day in 2021 on HBO Max. Affeck, who played Batman in the DC Comics mash-up offered [...]

May 23, 2020

They Shall Not Grow Up: Trailer & Poster For Kevin Smith’s JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT

As a man of a certain age, Movies In Focus is almost genetically predisposed to like Kevin Smith‘s View Askew movies. Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back et al, I enjoy them. Have you got a problem with that? [...]

July 18, 2019

Review: Rom-Com SHOPPING CHANNELS Recalls The 90s Movies Of Kevin Smith And Richard Linklater

At times it (rightly) seems like the low budget British cinema scene is filled with nothing but horror movies and gangster flicks. However, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou’s Shopping Channels plays like a fresh breeze blowing through the usual genre pieces. [...]

October 1, 2015

Blu-ray Review: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION Is Crazy Cult Fun

A movie that can’t be quantified, W.D Richter’s The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is a cinematic fusion of a million ideas, synthesised into a film with an out of this world plot. To explain what goes in Earl Mac [...]

July 21, 2015

Trailer, Images, Poster & Screenings For THE DEATH OF ‘’SUPERMAN LIVES’’; WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?

Movie fans of a certain age will remember the failed attempt by Tim Burton to make a Superman movie starring Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel in the late 1990s. Superman Lives would have been a ground-breaking superhero movie in many ways – in [...]

May 6, 2015

New Poster For Kevin Smith’s TUSK; Why The Hate?

Kevin Smith’s latest film is Tusk, a horror-esqe tale of a man who moves into a new apartment and dresses up as a walrus for his roommate. That’s a pretty superficial description and I’m sure there is much more to it than that. The film has an [...]

July 12, 2014

Blu-ray Review: JOHN DIES AT THE END – Like Stephen King Filmed By Kevin Smith

February 16, 2014

Kevin Smith Talks About Ben Affleck’s BATMAN Costume

“I saw the costume. More than that I saw him in the costume – I don’t want to give anything away ’cause that is up to them and stuff, but I am going to say this – I instantly hugged him. You have not seen this costume [...]

November 16, 2013

DVD Review: Low Budget Horror RESOLUTION Rises To The Challenge

June 23, 2013

Kevin Smith: HIT SOMEBODY For TV; CLERKS 3 On The Way

Kevin Smith had been talking up his last film, hockey drama, Hit Somebody for quite some time. The New Jersey filmmaker has stated that he wanted to make on final film before retiring from filmmaking, and Hit Somebody was going to be his cinematic [...]

December 10, 2012

1999: A Movie Year In Review (Part One)

Many films come out every year with critics and fans alike, compiling lists of their bests and worsts. There are also many films that fall between the cracks, only to be discovered years later. Many critics believe that one of the best years in [...]

May 14, 2012