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William Petersen and John Pankow in To Live And Die In L.A.

Review: Willam Friedkin’s ’80s Noir TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. Gets A Great 4K UHD Release From Arrow Films

In an era of slick and commercial Hollywood thrillers, few films came as subversive as William Friedkin’s To Live And Die In L.A.. Friedkin’s modern noir is a cinematic shot to the face, a bold and brash thriller that grabs your expectations, [...]

July 24, 2026

Trailer & Poster: Olga Kurylenko & Don Johnson Turn Up The HIGH HEAT

The first trailer for the Don Johnson / Olga Kurylenko action-comedy High Heat has arrived – and it looks like a monumentally fun, ass-kicking action flick. This appears to be right in Movies In Focus‘ wheelhouse – plenty of [...]

November 9, 2022

The Great Don Johnson

The great Don Johnson was born on December 15, 1949. He worked in television and film throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, but Johnson hit the jackpot in 1984 when he was cast in the role of Sonny Crockett in in the era defining cop show, Miami [...]

December 15, 2021

Interview: Cheech Marin Talks About Returning To NASH BRIDGES After A 20 Year Break

The great Cheech Marin is an actor, musician, comedian, writer, art collector and activist. In fact, there seemingly isn’t anything that the man can’t do. From his iconic work as part of comedy duo, Cheech & Chong through to roles [...]

November 27, 2021

Review: Don Johnson Is Back As NASH BRIDGES – And He Gives Fans Exactly What They Want!

Easy Bubba! Nash Bridges is back – and he’s giving fans exactly what they want! Created by Carlton Cuse (Lost), Nash Bridges ran for six seasons and 122 episodes between 1996 and 2001. The cop show was a perfect fit for a post Miami [...]

November 25, 2021

Notebook Reviews: SWEET HEARTS DANCE

Robert Greenwald – 1988. Sweet Hearts Dance is a very good family drama with some very fine comedic moments woven throughout. The excellent cast – Don Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Daniels and Elizabeth Perkins – all deliver [...]

November 18, 2021

Don Johnson & Olga Kurylenko Have HIGH HEAT

The mighty Don Johnson and Olga Kurylenko have just wrapped filming on the action-comedy High Heat. Directed by Zach Golden and written by James Pedersen, the pic sees Johnson and Kurylenko playing a husband and wife who get caught-up in a Mafia [...]

October 19, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Michael Mann’s THIEF

Michael Mann films have always been about restraint and precision and this was never more evident than in Thief. Mann made his big screen directing debut with this 1981 film which sees James Caan as a career criminal whose well planned existence [...]

August 29, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Jim Mickle’s COLD IN JULY

A grim, gritty and darkly comic thriller, Jim Mickle’s 2014 release Cold In July hits all the right marks for delivering a thriller that goes against the mainstream grain. Michael C. Hall is an all-American family man who starts a series of [...]

June 28, 2021

John Frankenheimer’s DEAD BANG Starring Don Johnson Needs More Love

John Frankenheimer’s 1989 thriller Dead Bang needs more love. The film stars the mighty Don Johnson as Jerry Beck, a detective tracking white supremacists over the Christmas period. The supporting cast for the film includes Penelope Ann [...]

January 4, 2021

Behind The Scenes: James Caan & Michael Mann On The Set Of THIEF

Michael Mann’s Thief isn’t an all guns blazing cops and robbers drama. It’s a thoughtful and direct crime movie, with a great lead performance from star James Caan. The 1981 thriller sets up the themes that Michael Mann would continue [...]

October 24, 2020

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

Say Hello To My Little Friend! Al Pacino & Brian De Palma On The Set Of SCARFACE

Switching booze for cocaine and transposing the action from Chicago to Miami, Scarface updates the Howard Hawks/Howard Hughes gangster movie from 1932 and delivers an iconic piece of cinema which has now surpassed the original in terms of legacy. [...]

August 30, 2020

Remembering When Mickey Rourke And Don Johnson Were HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN

Simon Wincer’s Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man isn’t a very good film – but it is a fun one. The 1991 action film sees Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson team-up as branded bikers to take on Tom Sizemore and Daniel Baldwin’s [...]

July 21, 2020

The Mighty Don Johnson

The mighty Don Johnson needs no introduction to readers of Movies In Focus. The Miami Vice/Nash Bridges legend delivers each time he’s on screen and in recent years he has done sterling work in Brawl In Cell Block 99, Vengeance, Dragged Across [...]

June 7, 2020

The Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century…So Far

Movies In Focus was inspired to put together a Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century list after reading the recent piece in Empire which listed the top movies of the century as voted for by the magazine’s readers. It was a pretty damning list [...]

January 21, 2020

Easy Bubba! They’ve Only Gone And Decided To Bring Back NASH BRIDGES

You won’t find a bigger fan of Don Johnson than Movies In Focus. Forget the current ‘golden age of television’ Miami Vice and Nash Bridges are where TV really peaked. There are rumblings that Don Johnson will be stepping back into [...]

November 16, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Chris Hemsworth And Michael Mann Tackle Cyber Terrorism With BLACKHAT

If Michael Mann ever made a James Bond film, then there’s a good chance that it would look and feel something like Blackhat. That’s not to say it’s a fun action-adventure – this is a gritty, sombre piece filled with atmosphere. The right [...]

June 20, 2015

Blu-ray Review: James Caan In Michael Mann’s Classic Crime Drama THIEF

February 1, 2015

DVD Review: COLD IN JULY Is A Thriller That Sizzles Under The Surface

A grim, gritty and darkly comic thriller, Cold In July hits all the rights marks for delivering a thriller that goes against the mainstream grain. Michael C. Hall is the all-American family man who starts off a series of dangerous events when he [...]

October 18, 2014

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