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Blu-ray Review: Brian De Palma’s SCARFACE

“Say hello to my little friend!” The general belief is that remakes are a very bad thing. Yes, sometimes that is true, but other times that is Scarface. Written by Oliver Stone and directed by Brian De Palma, this remake of the the [...]

November 4, 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: Darren Aronofsky’s MOTHER! Is Like A Baseball Bat To The Face

Few films have left Movies In Focus as perplexed and confused as Darren Aronosfky’s mother!. It’s a fever-dream, a collage of terror and a cacophony of nightmares. I’m not sure if it’s a good film, but it’s definitely one which plays with [...]

January 20, 2018

Movember Is Here! ‘I Know Your Moustache’ Clip For MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Here’s Kenneth Branagh and Daisy Ridley shooting the breeze about facial hair and geography in this new clip (titled ‘I know Your Moustache’) in Murder On The Orient Express. The synopsis: What starts out as a lavish train ride [...]

November 2, 2017

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Set Design Video

You can tell from the trailer that set design is a huge aspect of Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express. This featurette puts the focus on that… The synopsis: What starts out as a lavish [...]

October 31, 2017

Behind The Scenes Of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Kenneth Branagh’s all-star adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express hits screens on 3 November – and here’s a nice little behind the scenes look at the luscious looking film. It’s all about the [...]

October 19, 2017

Paramount Pictures Supports Darren Aronofsky After The Failure Of MOTHER!

Despite some solid reviews, Darren Aronofsky‘s mother! grossed a poor $7.5 million from 2,368 locations in the US, but even more damning was the F grade Cinemascore – which shows the Jennifer Lawrence starrer isn’t resonating with [...]

September 18, 2017

All-Star MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Poster

You’d have to be a fool not to be excited by Kenneth Branagh’s Murder On The Orient Express. It looks opulent as hell – and the cast is equally impressive: Branagh, Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Josh [...]

September 9, 2017

Greetings! New Clip From Darren Aronofsky’s mother!

It’ll be interesting to see how Darren Aronofsky‘s mother! plays to general audiences. Will it be too arty for the mainstream? Is it a horror or a horror? We’ll find out on 15 September. Few people are making mainstream movies like [...]

August 31, 2017

Trailer: Darren Aronofsky Embraces His Inner Roman Polanski With MOTHER!

It really looks like Darren Aronofsky is embracing his inner Roman Polanski for mother! (the shadow of Rosemary’s Baby looms large here) Aronofsky is always challenging expectations and you really don’t know what he’s going to [...]

August 8, 2017

Teaser Trailer For Darren Aronofsky’s MOTHER! Starring Jennifer Lawrence

Very little is known about Mother!, but the fact that it’s a Darren Aronofsky film means that it’s worth catching. This looks like an engaging chiller – throw in a cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem and Michelle [...]

July 31, 2017

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