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Behind The Scenes: Arnold Schwarzenegger & Linda Hamilton On The Set Of TERMINATOR: DARK FATE

David Ellison’s Skydance Media bought the Terminator rights and in 2015, Terminator Genisys (read the review) attempted to reboot the franchise, riffing on Cameron’s 1984 original and bringing back Arnold Schwarzenegger to his trademark [...]

June 8, 2021

James Cameron’s TERMINATOR

James Cameron’s 1984 breakthrough movie, The Terminator was a tight and lean scI-fi/thriller – a film that played much like a horror. Schwarzenegger’s unstoppable robotic force was a terrifying villain that couldn’t be reasoned with. It [...]

June 6, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Kevin Costner & McG On The Set Of 3 DAYS TO KILL

Writer-producer Luc Besson is the master of the Euro-thriller. 2014’s 3 Days To Kill sees Kevin Costner kick ass and take names whilst taking in the sights of Paris and looking cool in the process. This might sound like a Taken clone, but [...]

February 27, 2021

Notebook Reviews: CHARLIE’S ANGELS

McG – 2000 McG’s Charlie’s Angels is so-so at best. This action-comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu is played for the laughs rather than the thrills. It feels like the director has little faith in the [...]

April 14, 2020

Trailer For TV’s LETHAL WEAPON: High Expectations And None Of The Spark

I can’t be objective about this new trailer for the Lethal Weapon TV series. Richard Donner’s four films are so ingrained into my cinematic psyche that I just want to see Mel Gibson and Danny Glover do their buddy thing as Riggs and [...]

May 21, 2016

LETHAL WEAPON: Clayne Crawford Is The New Mel Gibson

Clayne Crawford is the new Martin Riggs. Crawford has been cast as the lead in the TV reboot of Lethal Weapon, taking on the role made famous by Mel Gibson in Dick Donner’s seminal action franchise. Movies In Focus is against the idea of a Lethal [...]

March 12, 2016