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Trailer: Mark Wahlberg & Mel Gibson In Rosalind Ross’ FATHER STU

Writer/director Rosalind Ross’ Father Stu is a real curiosity. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson and Jacki Weaver, the film is based on the true story about a bad boy boxer who turned it all around and became a Catholic priest. This is a [...]

February 13, 2022

Soulless & Unoriginal: New Clip From UNCHARTED Starring Tom Holland & Mark Wahlberg

Young Tom Holland is currently riding high on the phenomenal success of Spider-Man: Now Way Home, but the forthcoming release of Uncharted might just vaporise that goodwill. This clip from Ruben Fleischer’s video game adaptation is [...]

January 5, 2022

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 director Ridley Scott‘s 2017 release All The Money In the World? Spacey had not only filmed his role in the film, but was featured in the trailer and other marketing when a sex [...]

December 13, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Kurt Russell, Peter Berg & David Maldonado On The Set Of DEEPWATER HORIZON

Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon is a solid action-drama with good effects and strong performances from stars Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell. The pair go full-on blue collar worker in Berg’s gritty true-life disaster movie. The 2016 release [...]

October 24, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE PERFECT STORM

Wolfgang Peterson – 2000. Seafaring drama The Perfect Storm sees Wolfgang Petersen directing George Clooney in his first out-and-out box office hit. It’s a solid enough disaster movie, but the characters are a little underdeveloped and [...]

October 2, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THREE KINGS

David O. Russell – 1999. Director David O. Russell delivers as visceral and thought-provoking Gulf War movie in the shape of Three Kings. On the surface this is a war/heist film, but Russell’s film much more than that. The director gives [...]

September 16, 2021

Behind The Scenes: George Clooney & Wolfgang Petersen On The Set Of THE PERFECT STORM

The year 2000 was when George Clooney broke his stalemate on movie stardom and launched his career as an A-list movie star. Wolfgang Petersen’s The Perfect Storm was seen as make or break, or more aptly sink or swim for Clooney. The big [...]

September 13, 2021

David O. Russell’s THREE KINGS

Three Kings is a Gulf War action-comedy which pretty much set the pattern for George Clooney‘s career over the next two decades. It takes a commercial premise and skews it as an off-beat and political bender. Hard to believe that this was [...]

September 19, 2020

More Movies To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

Movies In Focus has already delivered one list of essential movies to watch during COVID-19/Coronavirus shutdown. Things are having a serious post apocalyptic feel – a real dystopian future vibe is taking hold of the planet. We’re all [...]

March 18, 2020

Mel Gibson To Co-Write & Direct Remake Of Sam Peckinpah’s THE WILD BUNCH

If you asked me a few days ago if there should be a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, I would have said ‘hell no!”. But now I’m over the moon with the announcement that Mel Gibson will co-write (with Bryan Bagby) [...]

September 25, 2018

Review: LIFE AFTER FLASH Takes You On An Unexpected Emotional Journey

Mike Hodges’ Flash Gordon is a wonderfully executed piece of science fiction cinema which has become a cult classic since its release in 1980. The film will forever be known for a variety of reasons – from Brian Blessed’s bombastic Vultan [...]

August 30, 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

Trailer: It’s Action Time For Mark Wahlberg And Peter Berg In MILE 22

Following Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon and Patriot’s Day, Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg once again join forces for Mile 22. The duo seem to be bringing their trademark rough and tumble grit to this action flick, but for a change [...]

May 16, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Mel Gibson & John Lithgow Show Mark Wahlberg & Will Ferrell Tough Love In DADDY’S HOME 2

Daddy’s Home 2 is a fun festive family comedy that ticks all the boxes and delivers what you would expect from this type of film – but sadly it didn’t live up to the promise of having such an impressive cast. This could have been a [...]

March 24, 2018

Take DADDY’S HOME 2 Home

For a multitude of reasons, Movies In Focus never got to see Daddy’s Home 2 on the big screen. That’s a regret – but things will change once the Will Ferrell/Mark Wahlberg/Mel Gibson/John Lithgow comedy hits blu-ray/DVD ON 19 [...]

February 8, 2018

Getty Back: Kevin Spacey Free Trailer For ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD

All The Money In The World is going to go down in the history books. It’s destined to forever be the film which saw Kevin Spacey replaced by Christopher Plummer weeks before its release due to a sex scandal. A movie quiz question for eternity. [...]

November 30, 2017

Kevin Spacey Cut From Ridley Scott’s ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD; Replaced By Christopher Plummer

The Kevin Spacey sex scandal fallout continues. Just weeks before the December 22 release of Ridley Scott’s All The Money In The World, comes the news that the actor will be cut from the movie and his scenes will be reshot with Christopher [...]

November 11, 2017

A New Christmas Favourite? New Festive Trailer For DADDY’S HOME 2

I get the feeling that Daddy’s Home 2 might become a festive favourite in the Movies In Focus household. If all goes well then it could be up there with Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, It’s A Wonderful Life, Batman [...]

November 1, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT Is Loud And Dumb

Transformers: The Last Knight is a bad film. I knew that from the outset having seen a couple of the other Transformers films (I keep popping back to the franchise for some cinematic sadomasochistic reason). The main flaw in this Michael Bay [...]

October 28, 2017

First Trailer For Ridley Scott’s Kidnap Drama ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD

Ridley Scott is a moviemaking machine. The man is 79 years old and All The Money In The World will be his second feature of 2017 when it hits screens in December (the other was Alien: Covenant). There are in effect two Ridley Scotts: the one who [...]

September 16, 2017

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