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Compulsion stars Zach McGowan and Charlotte Kirk

Podcast Episode 86: COMPULSION Stars Charlotte Kirk & Zach McGown

Returning guest, Charlotte Kirk and Zach McGowan, the stars of Neil Marshall‘s new erotic thriller, Compulsion join this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast. Co-starring Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Compulsion delivers a throwback punch, homaging [...]

October 2, 2025

Podcast Episode 85: Neil Marshall & Anna-Maria Sieklucka On COMPULSION

Neil Marshall’s Compulsion is not only a homage to the blood-soaked Italian giallo, but also a throwback to the kind of erotic thrillers that Hollywood churned out in the 1980s and 1990s – think Dario Argento meets Brian De Palma, Starring [...]

September 30, 2025

Short Film Review: Janine Pipe’s Brief & Brutal CHARLIE FOXTROT

Writer-director Janine Pipe delivers a short and punchy cinematic amuse-bouche with Charlie Foxtrot – a proof of concept short film for female-led-UK-set cop feature Indigo. Pipe’s pic follows two rural armed police officers attending a [...]

January 8, 2025

Podcast Episode 64: Director Neil Marshall & Star Charlotte Kirk Discuss DUCHESS

Dog Soldiers, The Descent and Doomsday filmmaker Neil Marshall joins the Movies In Focus podcast to talk about his new gangster film, Duchess alongside its star, co-writer and producer Charlotte Kirk. The pair previously collaborated on the [...]

August 9, 2024

Blu-ray Review: Neil Marshall’s DOG SOLDIERS Is Still An Absolute Howl After 20 Years

Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers was a major breath of fresh air when it was released in 2002. At the time British horror films were in the doldrums and Marshall came along and delivered a punchy, visceral and monumentally entertaining film which is [...]

August 29, 2022

Blu-ray Review: Ryan Gosling Takes The Hot Seat In Second Sight Films’ Release Of Nicolas Winding Refn’s DRIVE

Based on James Sallis’ novel of the same name, Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 thriller, Drive sees Ryan Gosling play a character only known as Driver, a stuntman by day and getaway driver at night, whose relationship with single parent Carey [...]

June 10, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Horror Anthology TALES OF HALLOWEEN

Tales Of Halloween is a 2015 horror anthology film which takes eleven of genre’s best filmmakers and offers them the chance to let their talent and imaginations run wild. Ten short films over the course of 90 minutes seems like a lot, but [...]

October 7, 2021

Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween

October is when the nights get darker and more mysterious. It’s the month when people like to delve deep into the horror genre and watch a variety of scary movies as Halloween approaches. Movies In Focus has put together a list of [...]

October 2, 2021

Notebook Reviews: DOG SOLDIERS

Neil Marshall – 2002 Neil Marshall‘s directing debut, Dog Soldiers is an exceptionally refreshing slice of horror cinema. The set-up is classic: Zulu meets Aliens with werewolves – and the film is every bit as good as you would hope. [...]

June 4, 2021

Interview: Director Neil Marshall Talks About Making The RECKONING

Movies In Focus has been a fan of Neil Marshall’s work since the release of his great werewolf horror, Dog Soldiers in 2002. The film was was a fantastic calling card for the filmmaker who continues to impress on the big and small screen having [...]

May 14, 2021

Review: Charlotte Kirk Vs Sean Pertwee In Neil Marshall’s THE RECKONING

Neil Marshall’s The Reckoning isn’t the movie you’re expecting. You might think that this latest film from the Dog Soldiers and The Descent director is a supernatural revenge movie – and while it does feature those elements, [...]

April 13, 2021

Review: Charlotte Kirk Seeks Revenge Against Sean Pertwee In Neil Marshall’s Plague Thriller THE RECKONING

February 3, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Michael Fassbender & Director Neil Marshall On The Set Of CENTURION

Neil Marshall’s Centurion is not for the faint-hearted. It’s an extremely violent and gory action film in which heads and limbs are removed by slashing swords and every body part that can be skewered, is. In fact, it’s almost too violent: [...]

January 25, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Ryan Gosling & Nicolas Winding Refn On The Set Of 2011’s DRIVE

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive is great filmmaking at its best – a story of enormous depth, told simply, which is visually stunning without being overly showy. There’s also that soundtrack. The film still holds-up a decade on. Drive is a [...]

January 20, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Brendan Muldowney’s PILGRIMAGE

Spider-Man star Tom Holland takes the lead in Pilgrimage, a medieval Irish thriller that sees a group of monks protecting an ancient holy relic against heathens and those who want to use it as a source of political power. Pilgrimage is an engaging [...]

January 17, 2021

Trailer For Neil Marshall’s Plague Horror/Thriller THE RECKONING Starring Charlotte Kirk & Sean Pertwee

Movies In Focus has been looking forward to Neil Marshall’s The Reckoning for a long time. The horror/thriller starring Charlotte Kirk and Sean Pertwee is almost here – and it looks great. Marshall’s film appears to have fantastic [...]

January 6, 2021

Neil Marshall Visits THE LAIR

Neil Marshall, the director behind such great horror movies as Dog Soldiers and The Descent will write, direct and produce The Lair. Casting for the film is currently underway and the plan is for the film to shoot this coming spring. Here’s [...]

November 3, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Luke Hyams’ X MOOR

X Moor is a ball-bustingly visceral British horror from Luke Hyams that gets things just right on a storytelling and thrills level. The film kicks-off as young American couple, Georgia and Max (Melia Kreiling and Nick Blood) to travel to England to [...]

October 30, 2020

25 Great Horror Movies To Watch This October

October is the month where people like to delve deep into the horror genre and watch a variety of scary movies in the lead-up to Halloween. Movies In Focus has put together a list of 25 great horror movies. Some of them are classics films and others [...]

October 4, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Gut-Wrenching Image Of Sean Pertwee From DOG SOLDIERS

Neil Marshall’s 2002 werewolf horror, Dog Soldiers is an exceptionally refreshing slice of horror cinema. The set-up is classic: Zulu meets Aliens with werewolves – and it’s every bit as good as you would expect. Funny and scary, this was a [...]

September 29, 2020

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