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Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: MINDHORN, SONG TO SONG, THE SLAYER & THE HUNTER’S PRAYER

Go back to the 1980s with Mindhorn, Terrence Malick disappoints with Song To Song, discover the greatest horror you’ve never seen in The Slayer and Jonathan Mostow and Sam Worthington miss the target with The Hunter’s Prayer. Blu-ray Review: [...]

September 4, 2017

Great Looking Trailer For Michael Fassbender’s THE SNOWMAN – But Where’s Val Kilmer?

Movies In Focus loves a good serial killer thriller – and The Snowman really looks like it delivers the goods. It has impressive Scandi-settings and a fantastic cast made up of Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J.K. [...]

July 19, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Tom Holland Ditches The Spidey Spandex And Goes On A PILGRIMAGE

New Spider-Man Tom Holland takes the lead in Pilgrimage, a medieval Irish thriller that sees a group of monks protecting an ancient holy relic against heathens and those who want to use it as a source of political power. Pilgrimage is an engaging [...]

July 6, 2017

DVD Review: Michael Fassbender & Brendan Gleeson Embrace High Drama In TRESPASS AGAINST US

Trespass Against Us sees Michael Fassbender give another high-powered performance and he again illustrates that he’s one of the best actors working in movies today. Ostensibly a drama, Trespass Against Us also has a crime-thriller bubbling under [...]

July 3, 2017

This ALIEN: COVENANT Featurette Is For A Rare Breed

This bad boy looks pretty solid. I don’t know if Alien: Covenant will bring anything new to the world of Alien, but what the hell, it might be a good night at the flicks. Sometimes that’s all you need. This new featurette is called Rare [...]

May 9, 2017

ALIEN: COVENANT Let Me Out Clip

Let me out! Not just what I screamed half-way through my first viewing of Prometheus (read the Movies In Focus review), but it’s also the name of this new clip from Alien: Covenant. I thought nobody could hear you scream in space? Ridley Scott [...]

May 3, 2017

The Hope Continues: ALIEN: COVENANT Prologue Clip

Michael Fassbender, his head and Noomi Rapace. This has everything you wanted from the end of Prometheus in one new clip (introduced by Ridley Scott) for Alien: Covenant. Alien: Covenant is released in UK cinemas and IMAX May 12 [...]

April 26, 2017

This ALIEN: COVENANT Poster Is Impressive

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant opens on 19 May. The quality of the film remains to be seen (after the terrible Prometheus) but this seems like a return to form for the franchise. However, the most impressive piece of marketing to drop from the [...]

March 25, 2017

The Last Supper: This ALIEN: COVENANT Clip Is Better Than Prometheus

Yes, it riffs heavily on Ridley Scott‘s own Alien, but this clip from Alien: Covenant is very good. Witty and well acted, this goes to further rinse away the bad taste of Prometheus. Maybe I’m just excited that Michael Fassbender and [...]

February 25, 2017

Fassbender, Gosling, Mara & Portman: Trailer & Poster For Terrence Malick’s SONG TO SONG

Movies In Focus likes the look of Song To Song. The great music cut by Del Shannon adds some extra energy to this music drama starring Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Natalie Portman. Terrence Malick is getting a lot of flack for [...]

February 18, 2017

It Looks Like Michael Fassbender Is Back On Form In TRESPASS AGAINST US

This is more like it! Michael Fassbender is (hands down) the best actor working today. I’m not talking about being a ‘movie star’, I’m talking about being a serious actor. The type of man who delivers good performances time [...]

January 5, 2017

Embrace The Science Of The Animus With This New ASSASSIN’S CREED Featurette

I have faith in Michael Fassbender (as an actor and producer) – but I’m still not feeling any love for Assassin’s Creed. This new featurette titled ‘The science of the Animus’ doesn’t help. Also – [...]

December 1, 2016

Ridley Scott Makes Amends With The New ALIEN: COVENANT Poster

Few people are clamouring for a follow-up to Prometheus. Ridley Scott’s 2012 movie which contained ‘Alien DNA’ was a mess (Read the Movies In Focus review). I get the feeling he’s trying to make amends with Alien: Covenant – [...]

November 24, 2016

New ASSASSIN’S CREED Trailer: It Isn’t My Bag But…

Assassin’s Creed pops in the UK on 1 January 2017. I’m still not sold on this – but it has Michael Fassbender, and that means I’ll see it. Maybe I’m getting old, but having said that – I enjoyed Warcraft! [...]

October 18, 2016

Review: 66 DAYS Is A Thought-Provoking Look At A Dark Time In Irish History

Brendan J. Byrne’s 66 Days is a well presented look at the ten IRA prisoners who went on hunger strike in 1981. The main focus of Byrne’s documentary is Bobby Sands, the enigmatic leader of the prisoners who died after 66 Days of starvation in [...]

October 12, 2016

DVD Review: Natalie Portman’s JANE GOT A GUN Is A Damn Fine Western

The popularity for the western ebbs and flows and every time the genre looks ready to be put out to pasture, along comes a film which re-energises it and kicks-off a whole new spate of ‘oaters’. However, for every Dances With Wolves or True Grit [...]

August 28, 2016