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If Money Could Talk: Moonlight Director Barry Jenkins To Direct THE LION KING 2

After the great one-two punch of Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk comes the news that director Barry Jenkins has been hired to direct the sequel to Disney’s $1.6 billion grossing ‘live action’ version of The Lion King. [...]

September 29, 2020

The Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century…So Far

Movies In Focus was inspired to put together a Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century list after reading the recent piece in Empire which listed the top movies of the century as voted for by the magazine’s readers. It was a pretty damning list [...]

January 21, 2020

Empire Magazine’s 100 Greatest Movies Of The Century Features A Lot Of Serious Duds

Taste is an interesting thing. Everyone is entitled to their opinion of course, but some people simply don’t have good taste. They’d rather eat at McDonalds than a good restaurant. This list of Empire Magazine’s 100 films of the [...]

January 18, 2020

Blu-ray Review: The World Of Stephen King Comes Together In CASTLE ROCK

Castle Rock is an assemblage of different Stephen King characters, locations and themes stirred together into its own unique and original story. Set in King’s fictional Maine town, this 10 part series is a New England chowder of a show – [...]

September 8, 2019

Steven Soderbergh Does Netflix With HIGH FLYING BIRD

I will follow every cinematic journey that Steven Soderbergh decides to go on. I’ve been hooked since Out Of Sight back in 1998 and every film he delivers offers something of brilliance. He’s back with sports drama High Flying Bird [...]

January 17, 2019

Oscars 2017: The Winners At The 89th Academy Awards – And That Big Mix-Up!

It’s highly likely the 89th Academy Awards wouldn’t have been particularly memorable it hadn’t been for the major mix-up with the climatic announcement for Best Picture. However, somehow the folks from PricewaterhouseCoopers [...]

February 27, 2017

Review: MOONLIGHT Is A Film Filled With Great, Textured Performances

Moonlight is a film rammed with fantastic performances. Filled with rich characterisation and powerful moments. it charts three different periods in the life of Chiron, a young, gay black man from inner-city Miami. Writer-director Barry Jenkins’ [...]

January 28, 2017