kevin spacey

Notebook Reviews: AMERICAN BEAUTY

Sam Mendes – 1999 Sam Mendes’ American Beauty is a film which improves with each viewing. The satire has a great Academy Award winning performance from Kevin Spacey at the centre of it (edit: are we allowed to still say that?). The [...]

January 21, 2021

Apple To Make Ridley Scott’s KITBAG; Joaquin Phoenix To Play Napoleon Bonaparte In The Historical Epic

Apple Studios is set to finance and produce Ridley Scott‘s Kitbag, a Napoleon Bonaparte biopic set to star Joaquin Phoenix. Deadline is reporting that Phoenix will reunite with his Gladiator director to play the French emperor and military [...]

January 14, 2021

Putting Baby In The Corner: The Frustration Of BABY DRIVER

With a title which riffs on the Simon & Garfunkel song from their Bridge Over Troubled Water album, director Edgar Wright‘s 2017 film, Baby Driver is an energetic action-comedy/musical which is as entertaining as it is frustrating. Wright [...]

August 27, 2020

Obituary: Director Joel Schumacher Dies Aged 80

The mighty Joel Schumacher has died at the age of 80. Having quietly battled cancer for a year, he finally succumbed to the disease. Movies In Focus has always been impressed by Schumacher’s visual flair and technique for storytelling. [...]

June 23, 2020

Remember When Kevin Spacey Was Going To Star In Ridley Scott’s ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD?

Do you remember when Kevin Spacey was supposed to star in Ridley Scott’s 2017 film All The Money In the World? Spacey was replaced by Christopher Plummer just weeks before its release in December 2017 due to a sex scandal which erupted in [...]

April 30, 2020

Let Me Be Frank: Kevin Spacey Returns With House Of Cards Inspired Declaration Video

Kevin Spacey has been keeping a very low profile since Anthony Rapp unleashed allegations of inappropriate behaviour against him in October 2017. Since then further claims (and charges) have been levelled against the actor, but it looks like Spacey [...]

December 27, 2018

THE PREDATOR: Getting The Gang Together

A motley crew is defined as an assembly of individuals of various backgrounds, appearance, and character that come together for a single cause. Utilising this as the centrepiece of a narrative has been a hallmark of cinema for many years now, [...]

September 4, 2018

The End Is Nigh: First Images From Kevin Spacey Free HOUSE OF CARDS Season 6

House Of Cards was well on the decline before Kevin Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct in 2017. Despite its downward spiral, once Spacey’s dark side was in the open it looked like the show might never get a proper finish (production was [...]

June 11, 2018

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: The GRIFTERS, THE OLD DARK HOUSE, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI & More

This time around: Frances McDormand puts up Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, James Whale makes a visit to The Old Dark House, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law play eXistenZ, John Cusack, Anjelica Huston and Annette Bening are The Grifters [...]

May 29, 2018