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Notebook Reviews: THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT

Rob Reiner – 1995. The American President is an excellent romantic comedy from director Rob Reiner and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. This politically charged pic has a superb cast – Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, [...]

September 28, 2024

The Trailer For Edward James Olmos’ Oil Drama THE DEVIL HAS A NAME Digs Deep

Oscar-winning actor (and star of Miami Vice, Blade Runner and Battlestar Galactica) Edward James Olmos has assembled an impressive cast for his latest directorial effort, The Devil Has A Name. David Strathairn, Kate Bosworth, Haley Joel Osment, [...]

September 17, 2020

The Horror! The Horror! Marlon Brando & Francis Ford Coppola On The Set Of APOCALYPSE NOW

Shot on location in the Philippines, the production for 1979’s Apocalypse Now was a torturous experience for all involved. From Harvey Keitel’s firing, to Martin Sheen‘s heart-attack and Brando arriving onset over-weight and [...]

August 31, 2020

Trailer For Black Panther Drama JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH With Daniel Kaluuya And LaKeith Stanfield

Shaka King’s Judas And The Black Messiah looks like a timely drama which will pack a serious punch. Based on a true story, the film stars Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton, the Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party who was [...]

August 7, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Masterpiece APOCALYPSE NOW Final Cut

Francis Ford Coppola‘s Apocalypse Now isn’t just a movie – it’s a cinematic legend, a cautionary tale of how a director’s passion and drive was almost their undoing. The making of the film is now tied to its cinematic [...]

October 22, 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

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