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Competition: Win A FAST X Merch Bundle

Fast X hits UK screens on 19th May 2023. Louis Leterrier’s tenth instalment of the long running Fast And The Furious franchise stars a who’s who of Hollywood stars – Vin Diesel, Jason Momoa, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris [...]

May 17, 2023

Your Brain Will Hurt After Watching This FAST & FURIOUS 9 Trailer

This trailer for Fast & Furious 9 is certainly…something. There’s so much going on here that my brain can’t process the action. Any pretence that this series is based in reality is long gone – this is comic book stuff [...]

April 14, 2021

The Best Scene In Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS

Steve McQueen’s 2018 film Widows is a screen adaptation of Linda LaPlante’s 1980s mini-series. Transplanting the action across the Atlantic to Chicago, McQueen brings his usual well composed direction to proceedings, turning this pulpy tale [...]

April 13, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Antonio Banderas, Robert Rodriguez & Danny Trejo On The Set Of MACHETE KILLS

Robert Rodriguez’s 2013 release, Machete Kills is a cinematic milkshake made from a wide variety of pop culture cinematic ingredients. It’s not very nutritious, but it tastes damn fine. Danny Trejo is Machete, the latino badass who is part [...]

February 23, 2021

FAST & FURIOUS 9 Trailer: Stupid

Movies In Focus has only ever seen one instalment of the ‘Fast & Furious Saga‘ – 2015’s Fast & Furious 7 – and I enjoyed the hell out of it. This ninth instalment of the near 20 year-old franchise looks like [...]

February 1, 2020

Review: Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS Is Well Composed But A Little Lacking

Steve McQueen makes his first foray into thriller territory with Widows, a screen adaptation of Linda LaPlante’s 1980s mini-series. Transplanting the action across the Atlantic to Chicago, McQueen brings his usual well composed direction to [...]

November 24, 2018

Trailer: Crime Pays For Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS

It’s a change of pace for Steve McQueen with Widows. The crime thriller is certainly something different following the heavy-weight likes of Hunger, Shame and 12 Years A Slave. This one has a top-notch cast Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, [...]

June 4, 2018

CLOSED Competition: Win A TOMBOY DVD & Comic Book!

Movies In Focus is giving away a DVD copy of director Walter Hill’s latest thriller Tomboy, along with a comic book adaptation of the film to 3 lucky readers. All you need to do to enter the competition is complete the below contact form [...]

April 10, 2017

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: ARRIVAL, HOUSE: THE COLLECTION, THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN, TOMBOY & More

A selection of new blu-ray and DVD releases. This time around: Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner prepare for an Arrival, Hailee Steinfeld is on The Edge Of Seventeen, Arrow Films presents House: The Collection, Michelle Rodriguez is given a (Re) [...]

April 8, 2017

I Don’t Know What The Hell Is Going On With This Trailer For THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS

Who knew that 2001’s Fast and the Furious would have rumbled on to its seventh sequel – now craftily titled Fate of the Furious. I didn’t know that I’d dip into the franchise during episode 7 and enjoy the hell out of it [...]

December 12, 2016

New FAST 8 Image Shows Everyone In Hollywood

Vin Diesel unleashed a new behind the scene pic from Fast 8 – and it pretty much shows everyone in Hollywood. Jason Statham, Kristofer Hivju, Kurt ‘The Legend’ Russell, Tyrese Gibson, Charlize Theron, Vin Diesel, Michelle [...]

June 6, 2016

Blu-Ray Review: MACHETE KILLS Is Balls-Out, No-Holds-Barred Schlock

You either go into Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills and accept it for what it is – or you don’t. If you fail to accept it then you won’t enjoy it (you’ll more than likely downright hate it) but if you do, you’ll dig it for being the [...]

January 26, 2014