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Behind The Scenes: Woody Allen, Timothée Chalamet & Selena Gomez On The Set Of A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK

Not bad by any stretch of the imagination, 2019’s A Rainy Day In New York is Woody Allen on autopilot. It lacks clarity and focus, but it does give you that New York hit that you would hope to get from an Allen feature. It’s an amiable [...]

January 15, 2022

Behind The Scenes: Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton & Tom McCarthy On The Set Of SPOTLIGHT

Director Tom McCarthy’s 2015 film, Spotlight is based on a true story that saw a team of Boston Globe journalists (Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Brian d’Arcy James and John Slattery) investigate child sex abuse within the [...]

January 10, 2022

Notebook Reviews: SPHERE

Barry Levinson – 1998. Sphere is an under-appreciated, but enjoyable science fiction film from director Barry Levinson. The first 3/4 of this big screen adaptation of Michael Crichton‘s novel is great stuff, but the film literally loses [...]

December 29, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Ed Zwick’s DEFIANCE

There have been a slew of holocaust dramas over the years which attempt to show the Second World War from different cinematic perspectives. For 2008’s Defiance, director Ed Zwick decided to focus on Jewish refugees fighting for their [...]

September 20, 2021

Remembering The Cinematic Atrocity That Is MOVIE 43

Movie 43 totally beefed-it at the box office during its theatrical release in 2013 but its $6 million budget mean that it tuned a profit after grossing $8.8 million at the US box office and $32.4 million globally. This comes despite a top tier [...]

August 17, 2020

Wes Anderson’s ISLE OF DOGS Isn’t Just For Kids

The general gist is that Movies In Focus are rarely does animation – but Wes Anderson‘s 2018 film Isle of Dogs is a mini-masterpiece Anderson’s stop-motion feature is a gem of a movie. It might be animated, but this exceptionally put [...]

July 7, 2020

Review: A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK Is Woody Allen On Autopilot

A Rainy Day In New York is Woody Allen’s 48th film as writer-director and while it’s far from his best work, it does have a certain amount of zing to it. Not bad for a director who is now in his 85th year! Rainy Day In New York sees Gatsby [...]

May 30, 2020

Trailer & Poster: Woody Allen’s A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK Is Coming To The UK

Woody Allen continues to create films which sit within their own world, where the characters speak in their own particular patois. Allen’s style and work ethic has rarely changed over the last half century, with the New York director [...]

April 29, 2020

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: READY PLAYER ONE, ISLE OF DOGS, JOURNEYMAN, A QUIET PLACE & More

This time around: Steven Spielberg goes inside the Oasis in Ready Player One, Wes Anderson takes us to the Isle of Dogs, Paddy Considine is a Journeyman, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski go to A Quiet Place, Dwayne Johnson goes on a Rampage and Paul [...]

August 19, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Great Performances Make SPOTLIGHT A Must-See Newspaper Story

Spotlight is all about the performances and the story. Tom McCarthy’s film isn’t bothered about strong visuals or flashy theatrics. He directs this like a reporter would (or should) write a news story, reporting the facts as they happened. [...]

April 24, 2016

Powerful Trailer For Michael Keaton And Mark Ruffalo Drama SPOTLIGHT

Tom McCarthy’s true-life drama Spotlight now has a trailer – and it’s powerful. The film follows the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize winning investigation into child abuse in the Catholic Church in 2003. Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, [...]

July 29, 2015

Prime Awards Date For The Michael Keaton/Mark Ruffalo Drama SPOTLIGHT

Spotlight, the newspaper drama top-lined by Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo has been given 6 November release date. This is a prime awards season launch and it bodes well for the film – and maybe it’ll give Keaton and Ruffalo the Oscar gold [...]

June 13, 2015

Ruffalo, McAdams, Tucci, Schreiber, Eckhart And Keaton Are In The SPOTLIGHT

Sometimes a movie comes along with a cast so good that it’s hard to believe. Spotlight is one of those films – Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton, Aaron Eckhart, Liev Schreiber and Stanley Tucci all star in the film which is based [...]

August 9, 2014

DVD Review: A Good Cast Can’t Rescue THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST

The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a film that just doesn’t come together – despite its impressive cast. It’s a noble failure, but a failure nonetheless. Mira Nair’s film is based on Mohsin Hamid’s international bestseller and the director [...]

September 15, 2013

DVD Review: The Lack Of Humour In MOVIE 43 Is No Joke

Movie 43 arrives on DVD with low expectations. The anthology comedy received disastrous reviews and it totally beefed-it at the box office during its theatrical release. This ravaging comes despite a top tier cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Kate [...]

June 21, 2013

Review: Daniel Craig In WWII Drama DEFIANCE

There have been a slew of holocaust dramas released in cinemas that attempt to show the Second World War from a different cinematic perspective. Defiance is another film to add to the list, and the “gimmick” that director Ed Zwick has decided to [...]

April 6, 2012