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Notebook Reviews: DON JUAN DEMARCO

Jeremy Leven – 1995. Don Juan DeMarco is an enjoyable romantic comedy/drama from writer-director Jeremy Levin. The film has an intriguing premise and it features the captivating pairing of Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando. The former shows-off [...]

November 3, 2021

Notebook Reviews: LETHAL WEAPON

Richard Donner – 1987. Lethal Weapon is the movie that kick-started an incredible movie franchise – and the buddy movie sub-genre. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Richard Donner are on fine form in delivering this cracking thriller. The [...]

August 29, 2021

Yippee Ki-Yay! DIE HARD Turns 33 Years Old

Die Hard is a great example of the Hollywood studio system getting moviemaking right – the film is a perfect storm of story and talent coming together. It is hard to fathom that the action-thriller was such an unknown quantity when it was first [...]

July 16, 2021

Notebook Reviews: HUDSON HAWK

Michael Lehmann – 1991 Michael Lehmann‘s Hudson Hawk is an under-appreciated masterpiece. This Bruce Willis starrer may have been hammered by the press and bombed at the US box office, but it’s fantastic fun. The humour may be a [...]

June 24, 2021

Notebook Reviews: MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS

Stephen Herek – 1995 Mr. Holland’s Opus is a fantastic epic drama with a superb (Academy Award nominated) performance from Richard Dreyfuss. Some may say that this Stephen Herek directed film is overly sentimental, but it’s a great [...]

May 24, 2021

It Doesn’t Matter If DIE HARD Is A Christmas Movie!

Every year the argument rages to decide whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Bruce Willis believes that it isn’t, but there are others who feel that John McTiernan’s film sits alongside the likes of It’s A Wonderful Life [...]

November 25, 2020

Sean Connery And Christopher Lambert On The Set Of HIGHLANDER

Highlander director Russell Mulcahy has a mastery of tone which sells the fantasy elements of the film and the music video veteran also delivers some highly impressive visuals which are perfectly complimented by Michael Kamen’s score and Queen’s [...]

April 22, 2020

DVD Review: Celebrate The 30th Anniversary Of HIGHLANDER With Christopher Lambert & Sean Connery

Without a doubt one of the finest cult films of the 1980s, Highlander is a wonderful action-fantasy romp that pretty much works on every level. Yes, it might be a little dated thirty years after its initial release but it’s a great product of its [...]

July 10, 2016

We Don’t Need A LETHAL WEAPON TV Show – But We’re Getting One Anyway

Few movie franchises are as beloved to Movies in Focus as the Lethal Weapon series. The four films worked as a whole, with Richard Donner’s direction complementing the perfect casting (most notably Mel Gibson and Danny Glover’s chemistry), while [...]

October 3, 2015

Review: Action Movies Don’t Get Better Than DIE HARD

December 11, 2012