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Podcast – Episode 16: Australian Director Phillip Noyce Talks About His Thriller THE DESPERATE HOUR

Over the last five decades, Australian director Phillip Noyce has shown that he really knows how to handle the thriller genre. Noyce first captured international attention with the acclaimed 1989 film Dead Calm. Starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and [...]

February 20, 2022

What’s Your Emergency? New Clip Shows Naomi Watts In Phillip Noyce’s THE DESPERATE HOUR

Australian director Phillip Noyce‘s latest film, The Desperate Hour is a real-time thriller starring Naomi Watts as a mother attempting to save her son in the wake of a high school shooting. It’s an expertly handled thriller, tense [...]

February 15, 2022

Behind The Scenes: Mel Gibson & Frank Grillo On The Set Of BOSS LEVEL

Joe Carnahan’s 2021 release, Boss Level sees Frank Grillo play Ray Pulver, a former Special Ops soldier who wakes-up every morning with someone trying to kill him. His day goes from bad to worse and when he has to re-live it over and over [...]

February 13, 2022

Trailer & Poster: Naomi Watts Stars In Phillip Noyce’s Real-Time Thriller THE DESPERATE HOUR

Movies In Focus has said it many times before, but Phillip Noyce is a director who knows how to expertly craft a thriller. Films like Dead Calm, Blind Fury, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and the under-rated The Saint show that he [...]

January 19, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Noah Baumbach’s WHILE WE’RE YOUNG

Writer-director Noah Baumbach’s 2014 film, While We’re Young casts a keen eye on how we interact in a digital age, where everything is disposable and easily cast aside. That’s not just technology, but morals and opinions are lost as time [...]

December 10, 2021

Is BIRDMAN The Greatest Movie Of The 21st Century?

Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a palate cleanser that clears away the taste of over processed, generic Hollywood products. There’s a freshness to Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2015 film that’s zesty and light, but [...]

September 5, 2021

Review: Frank Grillo Shows Mel Gibson Who’s Boss In Joe Carnahan’s BOSS LEVEL

Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level is a gut-punching, bone-crunching, ball-busting action film which embraces every inch of its darkly comedic conceit. The Frank Grillo starrer is a brilliant throwback pic, which plays like Edge Of Tomorrow meets [...]

March 2, 2021

Groundhog Day With Grit: Hulu Trailer For Joe Carnahan’s BOSS LEVEL Starring Frank Grillo & Mel Gibson

Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level will explode onto Hulu on 5 March – and now we get the first good look at the film with this international trailer. Carnahan’s film looks totally gonzo – Groundhog Day with extra grit. Whatever [...]

February 14, 2021

Trailer: Joe Carnahan’s BOSS LEVEL Starring Frank Grillo & Mel Gibson Looks Totally Gonzo!

Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level will explode onto Hulu this March – and now we get the first good look at the film with this international trailer. Carnahan’s film looks totally gonzo – Groundhog Day meets The Punisher. Or [...]

January 19, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Adrian Buitenhuis and Derik Murray’s I AM HEATH LEDGER

An intimate and moving documentary on the late actor, I Am Heath Ledger draws the viewer in by using footage shot by Heath Ledger himself and then adds emotional commentary by his friends (Including Ben Mendelsohn, Naomi Watts, Djimon Hounsou and [...]

January 19, 2021

Joe Carnahan’s BOSS LEVEL Starring Frank Grillo & Mel Gibson Hits Hulu In March

Hulu has announced that Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level will arrive on the streaming service this March. With a stacked cast (Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts, Annabelle Wallis, Ken Jeong and Michelle Yeoh), Carnahan’s action pic has [...]

January 13, 2021

Is BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) The Greatest Movie Of The 21st Century?

March 7, 2020

Annabelle Wallis Joins Mel Gibson & Frank Grillo In Joe Carnahan’s BOSS LEVEL

Have you ever walked into a restaurant, looked at the menu, seen something and thought ‘damn, I’m definitely having that’? That’s how Joe Carnahan‘s Boss Level reads to Movies In Focus – a juicy sirloin steak [...]

March 28, 2018

Blu-ray Review: I AM HEATH LEDGER Is A Powerful Look At The Late Actor

January 2, 2018

Trailer: Naomi Watts & Billy Crudup Star In Netflix’s GYPSY

Naomi Watts and Movies In Focus favourite Billy Crudup star in the new Netflix series Gypsy (it hits on 30 June). Crudup always delivers – not matter what the role – but the big selling point here is Watts and Fifty Shades Of [...]

June 8, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Noah Baumbach’s WHILE WE’RE YOUNG With Ben Stiller Is Astute And Entertaining

Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young takes a wonderfully incisive look at how people exist in the 21st Century. Baumbach casts a keen eye on how we interact in a digital age, where everything is disposable and easily cast aside. That’s not just [...]

July 24, 2015

Ben Stiller: 7 Of The Best – A Career Overview

Ben Stiller‘s his latest film While We’re Young is about to be released on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download. Noah Baumbach‘s film sees Stiller play a man in the midst of a mid-life crisis, struggling to keep up with the youth of today [...]

July 20, 2015

DVD Review: BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) Is A Modern Classic

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a complex film that needs multiple viewings to fully appreciate its wonderful richness. Movies In Focus reviewed the film on its cinema release but this is a fresh take on the dvd release of [...]

May 10, 2015

Review: BIRDMAN Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Is A Cinematic Mission Statement

January 12, 2015

Blu-ray Review: DIANA Plays Like A Fish Out Of Water Romantic Comedy

Diana is not as terrible as many would have you believe – but it’s still not a very good movie (to be fair, it is pretty bad). Oliver Hirschbiegel’s film purports to tell the true story behind the love affair between Princess Diana (Naomi [...]

March 23, 2014

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