michael sheen Archives - Movies In Focus

Behind The Scenes: Woody Allen Directs Owen Wilson & Rachel McAdams On The Set Of MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

Midnight in Paris may not be vintage Woody Allen, but the 2011 film is one of his finer efforts in recent years, and like many of Allen’s films over the last fifteen or so, it is set in a major European city. This time Paris, and the opening four [...]

January 23, 2021

Beware Robert Downey Jr’s THE VOYAGE OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE

Does anyone think that The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle is going to be anything other than terrible? It’s another disappointingly safe paycheque gig for Robert Downey Jr, who should using his Avengers clout to spread his creative wings rather [...]

March 28, 2018

CLOSED Competition: WIN A DVD Of Richard Gere Dramedy NORMAN

To celebrate the release of Richard Gere starrer Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer on DVD on October 16 Movies In Focus is giving away copies of the film on DVD to 3 lucky readers. The synopsis: Norman Oppenheimer [...]

October 15, 2017

See The New Trailer For FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD Starring Carey Mulligan

Director Thomas Vinterberg’s Far From The Madding Crowd looks like perfect counter-programming against the big action spectacles this summer. It would seem that this adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic tale has everything you’d want from a [...]

February 21, 2015

Trailer And Poster For Adaptation Of Thomas Hardy’s FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD With Carey Mulligan

Moor-ish, is a phrase you could use to describe this latest adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Far From The Madding Crowd. Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen and Tom Sturridge star in this film which opens in the UK this spring. It [...]

November 29, 2014

New Image From Malick’s TO THE WONDER

Terrence Malick films are something special. They’re often divisive, but Malick directs like no one else working today. Tree of Life is a perfect example of Malick’s work, a visual poem, or a narrative image that is far from conventional. I saw [...]

September 11, 2012

DVD Review: RESISTANCE Is A World War II Curiosity

Resistance is a low key British drama which plays with a “what if” premise of what if D-day was a failure and the Germans invaded Britain. The film, based on Owen Sheers’ novel, follows a group of German soldiers who are stationed in a small [...]

March 10, 2012

DVD Review: Owen Wilson In Woody Allen’s MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

It’s pretty much standard to hail every new Woody Allen film as a “return to form”. Now, Midnight in Paris may not be vintage Allen, but it is one of his finer efforts in recent years, and like many of Allen’s films over the last decade or [...]

February 24, 2012