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Journey To Night Country: Jodie Foster To Star In TRUE DETECTIVE Season 4

Following in the footsteps of Matthew McConaughey and Colin Farrell, double Oscar winner Jodie Foster has signed-on to star in (and executive produce) the fourth season of HBO’s True Detective. Foster will play Detective Liz Danvers in the [...]

May 27, 2022

BAFTA: The Winners At The 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards

Hosted by Rebel Wilson, the 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards took place on Sunday 13 March 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall. It was something of a disappointing show – Wilson failed to connect as a host and quite a few of the winners failed [...]

March 14, 2022

BAFTA 2022: Nominations For The EE British Academy Film Awards

Dune is leading an incredibly diverse set of nominations at the 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards. The Power of the Dog managed seven nominations, while Belfast scored six nominations. Movies In Focus is thrilled that Kenneth Branagh’s [...]

February 3, 2022

Oscars 2019: The Winners At The 91st Academy Awards

In the end there were no real surprises at the 91st Academy Awards – only disappointments. The awards were pretty much spread evenly across all the likely candidates, but there will be gripes, complaints and arguments about nearly all winners [...]

February 25, 2019

Movies In Focus At The 2019 BAFTA Film Awards And The Full Winners List

Sunday 10 February 2019 saw the film industry descend on London’s Royal Albert Hall for the 2019 EE British Academy Film Awards. Movies In Focus once again attended the event, working the red carpet before taking a seat inside the auditorium [...]

February 11, 2019

BAFTA 2019: Nominations For The EE British Academy Film Awards

The Favourite would appear to be the favourite at the 2019 EE BAFTAs. Yorgos Lanthimo’s film is nominated in 12 categories – including Best Film, Outstanding British Film and Original [...]

January 9, 2019

I Get The Feeling This Is Going To Bomb! New Trailer For ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL

I’ve been looking forward to Alita: Battle Angel for decades and you won’t find a bigger supporter of James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez – but I get the feeling that this is going to be a massive bomb. This isn’t doing [...]

November 13, 2018

New TRUE DETECTIVE Trailer Puts The Focus On Mahershala Ali

This new trailer for the third season of Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective really makes it look like a return to what everyone loved about Season One (country setting, multiple timelines, 2 dudes in a car). Mahershala Ali appears to be doing [...]

November 3, 2018

Trailer For Season Three Of Nic Pizzolatto’s TRUE DETECTIVE

You won’t find a bigger True Detective defender than Movies In Focus. I adored the first two seasons of Nic Pizzolallto’s anthology series and both offered-up a freshness to the detective story, while also keeping the much needed genre [...]

September 1, 2018

TRUE DETECTIVE Season 3 Continues To Shape Up; Stephen Dorff Joins The Cast

Stephen Dorff (remember him?) has been cast opposite Mahershala Ali and Carmen Ejogo in season three of Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective. The first season starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson drew raves from critics, but season two [...]

January 3, 2018

Trailer For James Cameron’s ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL; Was It Worth The Wait?

I’ve been hearing about (and looking forward to) James Cameron’s Alita: Battle Angel (since it was known as Battle Angel Alita) for decades. That’s not hyperbole – that’s the god’s honest truth. Robert Rodriguez [...]

December 9, 2017

Oscars 2017: The Winners At The 89th Academy Awards – And That Big Mix-Up!

It’s highly likely the 89th Academy Awards wouldn’t have been particularly memorable it hadn’t been for the major mix-up with the climatic announcement for Best Picture. However, somehow the folks from PricewaterhouseCoopers [...]

February 27, 2017

Review: MOONLIGHT Is A Film Filled With Great, Textured Performances

Moonlight is a film rammed with fantastic performances. Filled with rich characterisation and powerful moments. it charts three different periods in the life of Chiron, a young, gay black man from inner-city Miami. Writer-director Barry Jenkins’ [...]

January 28, 2017