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The Johnny Depp Produced CROCK OF GOLD: A FEW ROUNDS WITH SHANE MACGOWAN Wins At The San Sebastián International Film Festival

Director Julien Temple‘s Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan has picked up the Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. The Johnny Depp produced documentary is a cinematic exploration of the [...]

September 28, 2020

Notebook Reviews: LIVE AND LET DIE

Guy Hamilton – 1973. Live And Let Die is one of the best James Bond movies – and certainly the best (and first) of Roger Moore‘s run as Ian Fleming’s super spy. The story is a blast (if a little dated) and the set pieces make [...]

September 28, 2020

Forget The New Normal! Van Morrison Tells Us That We Were BORN TO BE FREE

‘The new normal is not normal, it’s no kind of normal at all‘ – there we have some lyrics from the mighty Van Morrison‘s latest musical release, Born To Be Free. The track is the first of three new tracks in response [...]

September 26, 2020

Watch The Music Video For REACH From Bill Paxton’s Band Martini Ranch – Directed By James Cameron!

There’s a billion things which have passed Movies In Focus by – but I didn’t seem to know that the mighty Bill Paxton was in a band called Martini Ranch (alongside Andrew Todd Rosenthal) – and I definitely didn’t [...]

September 17, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Robert Altman’s NASHVILLE

The great Robert Altman is regarded as the master of sprawling multi-narrative films and Nashville is probably the film that captures the legendary director’s cinematic style most. This 1975 film follows a group of people as their lives intersect [...]

September 10, 2020

MAGNOLIA Is Paul Thomas Anderson’s Masterpiece

In the humble opinion of Movies In Focus, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia is one of the great films of the last twenty-odd years. Anderson’s epic L.A. tale features an excellent ensemble cast featuring a never better Tom Cruise, Julianne [...]

August 10, 2020

Review: Gordon’s Alive! The Brilliant FLASH GORDON Gets A 40th Anniversary Re-Release

Director Mike Hodges’ Flash Gordon is a wonderfully executed piece of science fiction cinema. It’s a film which has become a much deserved cult classic since its original release way back in 1980. It will forever be known for a variety of [...]

August 7, 2020

Long Live The King! ELVIS: THAT’S THE WAY IT IS Hits Screens Around The Globe This August

Trafalgar Releasing will release Elvis: That’s The Way It Is in cinemas in selected territories around the globe on 13 August 2020. The 1970 Elvis Presley documentary/concert film is one of the all-time greats and it shows The King on tip-top [...]

July 29, 2020

Trailer For Music Documentary ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND

One of the greatest groups of all-time, The Band delivered a scorching selection of music across their work and their music with Bob Dylan, right-up to their legendary swan song which was beautifully captured in Martin Scorsese’s The Last [...]

July 15, 2020

Review: ELVIS FROM OUTER SPACE Is A Hunka Hunka Burning Junk

Elvis From Outer Space is one tiny (and long played-out) joke stretched to fill a slow and suffering 90 minutes of so-called cinema. The title pretty much sums up what this low budget sci-fi comedy is about and your tolerance for it will depend on [...]

July 10, 2020

The Legendary Ennio Morricone Dies At The Age Of 91

The great Ennio Morricone has died at the age of 91. The Italian film composer sadly passed away in Rome following complications from a fall. Morricone was probably best known for his work with Sergio Leone, the most famous being the 1966 Clint [...]

July 6, 2020

How Michael Bay Paid Homage To Himself With PEARL HARBOR

Love him or loathe him, you can’t deny that Michael Bay is one hell of a visual stylist. The director has made some exceptional action films – The Rock, The Bad Boys movies, Armageddon and Pearl Harbor all work on a wonderful cinematic [...]

June 11, 2020

MAMMA MIA! Pierce Brosnan Sings ABBA’s SOS

Phyllida Lloyd’s Mamma Mia! is an excellent jukebox musical that pulls on ABBA’s music and the 2008 film’s classy cast give it their all. Movies In Focus was originally cynical of the film, but i grew to appreciate Mamma Mia. Yes [...]

June 2, 2020

The Song We Need Right Now: Modern West’s THE SUN WILL RISE AGAIN

These truly are dark times. The world is suffering and we all need to believe there is hope out there. Kevin Costner knows this. He also knows that his song The Sun Will Rise Again, is the perfect anthem for what is going on around the globe right [...]

May 30, 2020

The Best Scene In Tim Burton’s BATMAN

There’s much to enjoy in Tim Burton’s Batman. The 1989 release is packed with wonderful production design from Anton Furst, a brilliant Danny Elfman score and great performances from everyone in the cast. Not bad for a movie which was [...]

April 25, 2020

Whatever Happened To Bobby Driscoll? Whatever Happened To PETER PAN?

Bobby Driscoll was Walt Disney’s first child star. Born in 1937, the actor had lead roles in the controversial Song of the South (1946) and Treasure Island (1950). He was the animation model and the voice for Disney’s 1953 [...]

April 10, 2020

Trailer: The Wonderfully Uplifting Music Documentary ECHO IN THE CANYON Hits The UK In June

Movies In Focus was lucky enough to catch Andrew Slater’s Echo In The Canyon last May. The music documentary is an exceptional journey into the music scene in and around LA’s Laurel Canyon in the the mid-to-late 1960s (read the review). [...]

April 9, 2020

Notebook Reviews: ALMOST FAMOUS

Cameron Crowe – 2000 Almost Famous is the film which could very well be Cameron Crowe’s masterpiece (it’s also an incredible follow-up to Jerry Maguire). A fantastic script and top-notch soundtrack loaded with great music make this [...]

April 4, 2020

Listen To How Bernard Herrmann Inspired Danny Elfman’s BATMAN Theme

Having enjoyed Bernard Herrmann‘s score for the 1972 mystery Endless Night, I was once again reminded of how Herrmann’s score for Journey To The Center Of The Earth(1959) inspired Danny Elfman‘s brilliant soundtrack for [...]

April 1, 2020

Bob Dylan’s MURDER MOST FOUL Is 17 Minutes Of Poetic Melancholy

The world is in a dark place at the moment and Bob Dylan has captured the mood perfectly with the release of his latest song, Murder Most Foul. On the surface this is a rumination on the assassination of John F Kennedy but this epic track is much [...]

March 27, 2020

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