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Where’s The Originality? Trailer For Game Of Thrones Spin-Off HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

Movies In Focus was a huge fan of Game Of Thrones. The final seasons weren’t perfect, but what are you going to do – create an online petition to have them reshot? The show was expertly made, well crafted and it brought people into the [...]

July 21, 2022

Behind The Scenes: Arnold Schwarzenegger & Producer Dana Goldberg On The Set Of TERMINATOR GENISYS

2015’s Terminator Genisys is the fifth entry in the Terminator franchise – and the second attempt at rebooting it following Terminator Salvation in 2009. Its lacklustre reception meant that yet another reboot was attempted in 2019 with [...]

June 5, 2021

Surprising Trailer For Edgar Wright’s LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie & Matt Smith

Movies In Focus has to admit that this trailer for Edgar Wright‘s Last Night In Soho took me by surprise. I wasn’t expecting the tone to be so serious or the visuals to be so striking. It looks like a real change of pace for Wright [...]

May 27, 2021

Competition: Win A 3 Disc Horror DVD Bundle

Halloween is approaching and to celebrate Movies In Focus is giving away a horror movie 3-disc DVD bundle to a lucky reader of the site. The Sony Pictures horror bundle includes UFO starring Gillian Anderson and David Strathairn, Patient Zero with [...]

October 7, 2018

Blu-ray Review: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES Feels Like The Fantasy Of A Sci-Fi/Horror Nerd

Pride And Prejudice And Zombies – if that title appeals to you then you’ll likely enjoy director Burr Steers’ adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Jane Austen monster mash. It has a cast of young up and comers Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack [...]

June 27, 2016

Lily James And Sam Riley Have Undying Love In These PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES Images

Pride And Prejudice And Zombies is a monster mash-up between Jane Austen’s classic novel and the horror genre’s monster of the moment. The fact that Seth Grahame-Smith managed to get the book published is one thing, but that a movie is on the [...]

August 1, 2015

Review: TERMINATOR GENISYS Is Better Than It Should Be But Not As Good As It Could Be

Terminator Genisys is a decent enough reboot of the James Cameron originated franchise. It riffs on Cameron’s movies and brings enough intriguing ideas to make it worth your time but Hollywood’s mantra of bigger, louder, better means that this [...]

July 11, 2015

TERMINATOR GENISYS: Learn About The Guardian And See The Bus On The Bridge In These New Clips

According to The Terminator franchise – the future is not set – but Terminator Genisys has a set future release date of 2 July. That means we get to see this ‘Bus on the Bridge’ action sequence clip and a new ‘Guardian’ [...]

June 16, 2015

New Mission And New Fate In New TERMINATOR GENISYS Poster

Here’s some poster action with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Emilia Clarke for those looking forward to Terminator Genisys. Movies In Focus is still hoping this will be the biggest surprise of the summer and that Schwarzenegger can finally reclaim his [...]

May 18, 2015

Get The TERMINATOR GENISYS Payoff

Terminator Genisys might be the blockbuster that Movies In Focus is anticipating most this summer. There’s just something about seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to his trademark role that makes this fan of old-school action excited. The [...]

May 2, 2015

TERMINATOR GENISYS Payoff Trailer Pays Off

The influx of superhero movies means that people have very little time for old-school actioners. Terminator Genisys might have a CGI sheen but at it’s core it’s an ’80s action movie. I mean this literally of course, because [...]

April 15, 2015

UK Poster For Ryan Gosling’s LOST RIVER

Here’s the UK poster for Ryan Gosling’s director debut Lost River. This dark thriller isn’t for fans of The Notebook and I get the feeling that Gosling is trying to distance himself from the hordes who expect him to conform to fluffy leading [...]

February 25, 2015

Trailer For Ryan Gosling’s Directorial Debut LOST RIVER

Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, Lost River had a ‘mixed response’ when it opened at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Many of those who criticised the film said that it was a bit too much like Nicolas Winding Refn’s polarizing [...]

February 6, 2015

TERMINATOR GENISYS Gets A Living Poster

Terminator Genisys hits screens in July 2015 and the first official piece of marketing has arrived in the form of this ‘living’ poster. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Matt Smith, Jai Courtney and J.K. Simmons star in [...]

December 3, 2014

The DOCTOR Scores A WHO-le Lotta Cash On The Big Screen

The incredibly flaccid Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor banked £1.89 million ($2.9 million) worth of green from 440 cinemas in the UK. That puts the special third at the UK box office behind box office juggernauts, The [...]

November 26, 2013

Matt Smith Leaves DOCTOR WHO

I don’t dig Doctor Who. I just can’t get into it. I want to, I really do, but there’s some disconnect. I’m not quite sure what it is. This means the news that Matt Smith is leaving the show hasn’t rocked my world. Now everyone will start [...]

June 2, 2013

Blu-ray Review: Matt Smith & Eva Green In CLONE

Clone (or Womb as it is also known) is a science fiction drama starring Doctor Who’s Matt Smith and Bond Girl Eva Green. It’s a morbidly depressing movie that fails to ignite audience attention, it shuffles down an extra mile of monotony and [...]

May 17, 2012