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The Breathtaking Power Of Mel Gibson’s THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ is a powerful piece of cinema. It’s a breathtaking, bravura biblical epic which resonates on multiple levels. The 2004 film is beautifully shot, well acted and the story is captivating. Mel [...]

April 6, 2020

Shyamalan’s SIGNS Still Shines In These COVID-19 Times

Released in 2002, M.Night Shyamalan‘s Signs is a masterful Hitchcockian thriller about a low-key alien invasion. Alfred Hitchcock‘s The Birds was clearly an inspiration for the writer-director. Dripping with fear of the unknown and an [...]

April 6, 2020

Notebook Reviews: TEQUILA SUNRISE

Robert Towne – 1988 Tequila Sunrise is a sizzling first-rate thriller from the great writer/director Robert Towne. This 1988 film is slick and enjoyable with a top tier cast (Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer) who all [...]

April 6, 2020

The Best Movies To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

The world is slowly shutting down due to COVID-19. The Coronavirus means a lot of people across the globe will be locking themselves in, self isolating and keeping away from the general population. These are unprecedented times. Cinemas across the [...]

March 16, 2020

Video: See What MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Would Have Been Like With Mel Gibson

Like everyone else, Movies In Focus was blown away by the genius of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road (read the review) in 2015. Miller’s film was a mind-blowing action masterpiece, but deep down we all wanted the mighty Mel Gibson to [...]

September 23, 2019

Interview: Producer Dallas Sonnier Talks Pushing Boundaries & Making Great Movies Away From Hollywood

Dallas Sonnier is one of the bravest and most exciting film producers working today. Through his company Cinestate, Sonnier he has delivered a roster of punchy movies including the Kurt Russell western Bone Tomahawk, Vince Vaughn crime-thriler Brawl [...]

July 17, 2019

Trailer & Poster: Angus Macfadyen Is ROBERT THE BRUCE

Robert The Bruce once again sees Angus Macfadyen play the historic Scottish nobleman. A sort of quasi-sequel to Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, Richard Gray’s film charts Robert The Bruce‘s continuous political battles against the English [...]

June 9, 2019

Mel Gibson Career Update: FATMAN And FORCE OF NATURE

Mel Gibson movies appear to be coming thick and fast. The action icon has two movie sales currently burning-up Cannes: Fatman and Force Of Nature. Action-comedy Fatman will see the Lethal Weapon actor star as a badass Santa Claus kicking-ass at [...]

May 11, 2019

Hey UK! Get Ready For S. Craig Zahler’s DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE

Movies In Focus has been flying the flag for S. Craig Zahler’s ‘beautifully bleak’ Dragged Across Concrete since I caught it late last year. Zahler’s film is a wonderfully textured piece of filmmaking, packed with detail and [...]

March 28, 2019

Interview: S. Craig Zahler Discusses DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE

S. Craig Zahler is one of the most exciting writer-directors working today. His first two films, Bone Tomahawk and Brawl In Cell Block 99 were gutsy genre movies which also managed delivered great emotion and detail amongst the action. Zahler is [...]

March 20, 2019

Trailer: Mel Gibson & Sean Penn Hit The Books In THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN

The Professor And The Madman hit a serious road bump when Mel Gibson and director Farhad Safinia fell out with the producers, Voltage Pictures (read about that here). It looked like the film might never see the light of day, but the Oxford [...]

February 3, 2019

Review: Milo Gibson Is A Lethal Weapon In Gritty Actioner ALL THE DEVIL’S MEN

All The Devil’s Men is a brawny Michael Mann-style thriller from writer-director Matthew Hope. This London-set action picture might not push boundaries in the plot department but there’s a lot to enjoy here including visceral and punchy [...]

November 27, 2018

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