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Behind The Scenes: David Fincher & Gary Oldman On The Set Of MANK

Is David Fincher‘s Mank a bad film? No, far from it, it’s brilliantly made but it doesn’t work as a piece of finely tuned narrative filmmaking. There’s no drive, no momentum. I’m disappointed to say it, but I found Mank middling [...]

March 30, 2021

Review: David Fincher’s MANK Is Middling Rather Than Masterful

Mank is a gloriously well built film on a technical level, one which is expertly put together by director David Fincher. However, it’s a film without heart and narrative direction. Set in the 1930s and 1940s, the film is mainly about the [...]

March 24, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Josh Boone’s STUCK IN LOVE

The world of movies isn’t what it used to be. The budgets of typical Hollywood movies have grown so vast, and their marketing has become so expensive that smaller, more interesting movies have been pushed aside so that these tent pole pictures can [...]

January 10, 2021

Full Trailer For David Fincher’s MANK

We all know that David Fincher‘s Mank is going to top tier stuff. That’s to be expected from a master craftsman like Fincher. The film about the writing of Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane has also had a great marketing campaign by [...]

October 22, 2020

Another Great Piece Of Marketing For David Fincher’s MANK

Whoever is in charge of the marketing for David Fincher‘s Netflix movie, Mank is doing a great job. We have a wonderful old-fashioned trailer – and now this beautiful poster delivers in a big, big way. The poster for the Netflix film [...]

October 21, 2020

Glorious Teaser Trailer For David Fincher’s MANK

The colour, the textures – you can tell that the mighty David Fincher has gone all-out in recreating the feel of classic movies for Mank. The film follows Gary Oldman‘s Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Orson [...]

October 8, 2020

First Images From David Fincher’s MANK

Netflix has dropped the first images from David Fincher‘s Mank. The film sees Gary Oldman play Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he suffers many trials and tribulations whilst working on the screenplay for Orson Welles’ [...]

September 6, 2020

DVD Review: Zac Efron Is EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE

Zac Efron delivers in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, an engaging true-life drama based on the crimes of Ted Bundy. Bundy was one of America’s most high-profile serial killers, having confessed to over 30 murders before his execution [...]

September 12, 2019

The Career Of Lily Collins

English-American actress Lily Collins has had an impressive career to date, with a breakthrough performance in the 2009 film The Blind Side which she starred in alongside Academy Award-winner Sandra Bullock. Since then, she has played a variety of [...]

May 1, 2019

Dip The Wick With The Latest Clip From Warren Beatty’s RULES DON’T APPLY

Warren Beatty’s classy looking Rules Don’t Apply hits US screens this weekend. It doesn’t arrive in the UK until january 2017 – but this clip is a little something to keep us going. An aspiring young actress (Lily Collins) [...]

November 23, 2016

Get On The Story And Understand The Comical Consequences Of RULES DON’T APPLY

Rules Don’t Apply might just be one of the most anticipated films in the history of Movies In Focus (I first started writing about it in June 2012). The Warren Beatty film hits the UK in January 2017 and the marketing is starting to hit in a big [...]

November 9, 2016

RULES DON’T APPLY When You Work With Warren Beatty

Have you ever wondered what it’s like working with Warren Beatty? Then check out this new Rules Don’t Apply featurette. Early word on this is good – and it’s still a highly anticipated release for Movies In Focus. Rules [...]

November 2, 2016

Poster For Warren Beatty’s RULES DON’T APPLY

Movies In Focus has been waiting on Warren Beatty‘s Rules Don’t Apply for years. It’s (finally) almost here – and this is the poster to prove it! The synopsis: An aspiring young actress (Lily Collins) and her ambitious young [...]

October 26, 2016

Marvel Fanboys Need to Watch This Trailer For Warren Beatty’s RULES DON’T APPLY

Forget your comic book movies – the next movie to watch is Warren Beatty‘s Rules Don’t Apply. Beatty is a master filmmaker and movie star – this Howard Hughes ‘dramedy’ looks like it will deliver the goods in a [...]

September 29, 2016

Warren Beatty Is Back In The Trailer For His Long Awaited Howard Hughes Pic RULES DON’T APPLY

Leave it to Warren Beatty to deliver a cracking trailer for his long gestating Howard Hughes movie, Rules Don’t Apply. Beatty’s Hughes isn’t the central focus here, instead it’s Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich’s young lovers who are [...]

July 16, 2016

RULES DON’T APPLY To Warren Beatty’s New Howard Hughes Movie

Rules Don’t Apply – that’s the name of Warren Beatty’s long awaited Howard Hughes movie (and Movies In Focus’ must-see movie of 2016). Beatty has unveiled the movie’s title, along with new images and it’s official release date (11 [...]

May 19, 2016

Warren Beatty’s HOWARD HUGHES Reveal; Detailed Plot Description

Jeffery Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere has revealed that Warren Beatty’s untitled Howard Hughes movie will be research screened in LA at the Pasadena Arclight on Monday 18th April. That means we’ll be getting some reactions to the long gestating [...]

April 17, 2016

No Cannes Launch For Warren Beatty’s HOWARD HUGHES Movie; Distributor Found

Roger Friedman at Showbiz 411 seems to have his finger firmly on the pulse of Warren Beatty’s (as yet untitled) Howard Hughes movie. Friedman states that Beatty himself got in touch to scupper the recent rumours that his film would debut at the [...]

April 3, 2016

There’s A New Image Of Lily Collins And Annette Bening – But Where’s Warren Beatty’s HOWARD HUGHES?

Warren Beatty wrapped shooting his mysterious (and still untitled) Howard Hughes movie over a year ago and since then he’s been honing the film in the editing room. Beatty is a notorious perfectionist and he’s likely working and reworking the [...]

August 22, 2015

Alec Baldwin Joins Cast Of Warren Beatty’s HOWARD HUGHES Movie

Alec Baldwin has just done a two-day stint on the set of Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes movie. Little is known about Beatty’s long gestating biopic, other than the interesting cast (Baldwin joins Martin Sheen, Matthew Broderick, Annette Bening, [...]

May 10, 2014

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