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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

The great 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 [...]

September 16, 2017

New Trailer For DADDY’S HOME 2 Gives Us More Mel Gibson

Movies In Focus doesn’t do comedy. That’s a rule – normally – but Daddy’s Home 2 has the secret weapon of Mel Gibson – and this new trailer for the comedy sequel plays-up his talents. Plus, I always enjoy a good [...]

September 6, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Mark Wahlberg And A Great Supporting Cast Get Boston Strong In PATRIOTS DAY

When he’s not hanging with Autobots and Decepticons in Transformers, Mark Wahlberg is making a pretty varied career as an actor. Not everything hits the (Marky) mark but he’s balancing some interesting material with blockbuster fare. His [...]

June 24, 2017

DADDY’S HOME & Mel Is Back In Comedy Sequel Trailer

Movies In Focus didn’t see Will Ferrell/Mark Wahlberg comedy Daddy’s Home. But this trailer for Daddy’s Home 2 slapped me across the face and got my attention. Mel Gibson has joined the cast (along with John Lithgow) and he’s [...]

June 15, 2017

Discover The Secret Past Of TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

I’ll probably never watch Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight. I might, but it’s highly unlikely that I would put myself through such a cinematic atrocity. Millions of people will (the majority likely in China) and they [...]

May 9, 2017

Michael Bay Talks TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT In IMAX 3D & Movies In Focus Listens

Oh Michael Bay. What can I say to bring you back to us? Err…actually, I can say this. However, I must admit that I’m intrigued by the medieval aspect on display here in Transformers: The Last Knight, and some of the shots have a real [...]

April 6, 2017

Mel Gibson Career Update: DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE & DADDY’S HOME 2

The Mel Gibson comeback is now an official thing. Hacksaw Ridge has nabbed 6 Oscar nominations and Gibson recently signed with a new agency (CAA). He has also lined-up two new acting projects. Dragged Across Concrete will see Gibson share the screen [...]

February 4, 2017

Bad Day At The Office: Dangerous Jobs On Film

Despite what everyone says, being an actor is hard work. You have to be on set for hours on end, day and night, constantly in the media spotlight, and often do crazy stunts for the purpose of authenticity. But no matter how hard that is, it [...]

January 26, 2017

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: FRIGHT NIGHT, JULIETA, DEEPWATER HORIZON, THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS & More

A selection of new blu-ray and DVD releases. This time around: Rediscover Tom Holland’s ’80s horror Fright Night, see Pedro Almodovar turn life into a Hitchcockian thriller in Julieta, get rigged with Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell in [...]

January 25, 2017

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Painful Words

Sheeeee-it [...]

December 13, 2016

More Cinematic Hell With The Trailer For TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

Michael Bay can master the visuals but there’s too much damn slam-bam robot action in the Transformers movies and not enough plot. Or maybe there is plot and it’s really, really bad. Anyway, they’re just going to keep making these things [...]

December 6, 2016

New Art For TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT – It Still Looks Terrible

Movies In Focus has no love for the Transformers franchise – in fact I’m still waiting on a response from Michael Bay regarding my open letter about why he should stop directing these movies. In the interim, here’s a new billboard [...]

August 1, 2016

Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire In The Poster For DEEPWATER HORIZON

Who knew character actor Peter Berg would go on to have such a successful career as a director? Not me. Here’s the poster for his latest effort, true-life disaster flick Deepwater Horizon starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John [...]

July 9, 2016

Hold Your Breath For The DEEPWATER HORIZON Trailer

Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O’Brien and Kate Hudson topline Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon. This might be The Perfect Storm on an oil rig but it’s a well cut trailer. I’m onboard for [...]

March 23, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Seth MacFarlane’s TED 2 Is An Over-Stuffed Comedy Sequel

Ted 2 travels down well-worn path of many other comedy sequels and fails to recapture the magic of its predecessor. Many of the technical elements that made the first Seth MacFarlane movie a hit are present, but this is an unfocused comedy that [...]

November 24, 2015

Final TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION Poster Looks Familiar

This latest poster for Transformers: Age Of Extinction has been online for a week or so. My thoughts on the Transformers movies is well documented on Movies In Focus – but this is something different. This ‘new poster’ is remarkably [...]

June 12, 2014

New TRANSFORMERS 4 Poster: Sucking The Soul Out Of Hollywood

I’ll keep saying this as the marketing machine rumbles on – but movies like Transformers are sucking the soul out of hollywood. The once lauded movies star has now been replaced by the gods of CGI and the average cinema-goer worships at [...]

March 15, 2014

Mark Wahlberg Has A Huge Weapon In New TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION Poster

Transformers: Age of Extinction is all about the money, plain and simple. There’s no art here, no nuance. It means Mark Wahlberg might be able to take a risk or two with his next couple of movies – but that’s it. How can Michael Bay live [...]

March 4, 2014

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