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Notebook Reviews: TRAFFIC

Steven Soderbergh – 2000 Traffic is an exceptionally well acted and directed drugs drama from the great Steven Soderbergh. It’s compelling viewing and Michael Douglas delivers some career best work as a freshly appointed Drugs Tsar who [...]

September 5, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE STAR CHAMBER

Peter Hyams – 1983 The Star Chamber well made and thought-provking thriller from director Peter Hyams. It’s well acted by Michael Douglas, but his role is a little slight and a lot more could have been made of the premise. Too much time [...]

August 19, 2020

Remembering Steven Soderbergh’s BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Starring Michael Douglas & Matt Damon

Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra is an intimate and often funny portrait of the relationship between Michael Douglas’ Liberace and Matt Damon’s Scott Thorson (it’s based on his memoir). The 2013 film is a small and confined piece [...]

May 1, 2020

The 2020 Golden Globes Full Nominations List

It’s easy to become cynical when you write about movies. You get to see the good, the bad and the ugly and sometimes that makes you jaded. However, there’s nothing like watching quality movies succeed and when you see the list of [...]

December 9, 2019

Trailer & Poster: Things Are About To Get Big In ANT- MAN AND THE WASP

Forget The Avengers and their Infinity War – Movies In Focus is looking forward to Ant-Man And The Wasp. It’s the follow-up to Marvel’s finest superhero movie pic over the last decade (except maybe Iron Man 3). Paul Rudd is once [...]

May 1, 2018

Good Things Come In Small Packages: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Teaser Trailer

Movies In Focus continuously talks about suffering from superhero fatigue – and that’s true. However, Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man was a fresh, fun entry into the Marvel cannon that was aided by strong work from a game cast: Paul Rudd, [...]

January 30, 2018

Blu-ray Review: UNLOCKED Is A Spy Thriller With An Impressive Cast

Unlocked is a fuss-free spy thriller from veteran director Michael Apted. Noomi Rapace plays a CIA agent left out in the cold and on the run, criss-crossed and double-crossed as she attempts to stop a terrorist attack in London. You know the drill. [...]

September 2, 2017

Michael Douglas & Alan Arkin Go To Netflix For New Comedy Series THE KOMINSKY METHOD

Week by week it seems that Netflix continues to keep Movies In Focus as a loyal customer. Last week we got the teaser for Our Souls at Night and now comes the news that Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin will be joining forces with Two And A Half Men [...]

August 14, 2017

Pondering Curtis Hanson’s WONDER BOYS 16 Years On

Curtis Hanson has died at the age of 71. He’ll be forever known for LA Confidential, but Wonder Boys is a Movies In Focus favourite. Hanson’s adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel is an almost the perfect film – smart script, [...]

September 21, 2016

Chasing The Dragon: Drugs On Film

Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, coming to Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms from February 1st, 2016 courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment, is a visceral, unflinching portrayal of the war against drugs. Critically lauded and impossible to tear your [...]

January 26, 2016

Michael Douglas Hunts Jeremy Irvine In BEYOND THE REACH

Michael Douglas is one of the few A-list stars to have a blemish-free filmography. He consistently delivers quality films and even his lesser efforts are worth your time. Going by this trailer, Beyond The Reach looks to continue this trend. Douglas [...]

February 9, 2015

ANT-MAN Teaser Trailer – It Could Have Been Worse

I have to be honest here – this trailer for Ant-Man could be worse. I’m hitting serious comic book fatigue with these Marvel movies but at least this has Michael Douglas to keep-up the interest levels. This sell-out comic book hell is [...]

January 7, 2015

ANT-MAN Poster: You’ll Think It’s Either Clever Or Obvious

Marvel has been on one heck of a financial and critical run over the last several years. However, people are smelling blood in the water for Ant-Man following Edgar Wright’s last minute departure from the director’s chair (he was [...]

January 6, 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

Peyton Reed To Direct ANT-MAN; Michael Douglas Is Disappointed

And so the Ant-Man saga draws to a close. Peyton Reed has now snagged the directing gig, replacing Edgar Wright who dropped out of the movie following a decade of development. Anchorman helmer Adam McKay has also come onboard to spruce-up the [...]

June 8, 2014

Finally A Reason To See ANT-MAN: Michael Douglas Joins The Cast

I had zero interest in Edgar Wright‘s Ant-Man. None – zilch – nada. I was never going to watch it. I am now – Marvel announced it has signed Golden Globe winner Michael Douglas to play Hank Pym. I had no idea who that was – [...]

January 14, 2014

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Scores Box Office Gold In The UK

Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra has long been one of Movies In Focus’ most anticipated films of 2013. The Liberace biopic is a top-notch production with sterling performances from Michael Douglas and Matt Damon (read the review). The [...]

June 12, 2013

Review: Steven Soderbergh’s BEHIND THE CANDELABRA

Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra has long been seen as the director’s swansong. The film aired on HBO in the US, but it was thankfully granted a cinematic release in the UK. Soderbergh’s film is an intimate and often funny portrait of [...]

June 12, 2013

New Poster And Trailer For Liberace Biopic BEHIND THE CANDELABRA

Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra is one of Movies In Focus’ most anticipated films of the year. The Liberace biopic stars Michael Douglas as the flamboyant star and Matt Damon as his young lover, Scott Thornson. It’s getting ready for [...]

May 16, 2013

Michael Douglas And Christoph Waltz Star As Regan And Gorbachev In REYKJAVIK

Michael Douglas and Christoph Waltz are set to play Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in Mike Newell’s Reykjavik. Yes please. Kevin Hood scripts the film which will be produced by Headline Pictures, Scott Free Productions, Participant Media and [...]

October 15, 2012

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