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Notebook Reviews: HIGH FIDELITY

Stephen Frears – 2000. Stephen Frears‘ adaptation of Nick Hornby‘s novel, High Fidelity hits all the right notes. The John Cusack starring rom-com features a killer soundtrack and the story works on just about every level (the [...]

September 25, 2021

Bruce Springsteen’s Cinema

The mighty Bruce Springsteen is an American legend. He’s sort of like the musical equivalent of John Wayne or Clint Eastwood, a strong presence who delivers a quintessential view of the United States. Springsteen has always been a huge [...]

February 8, 2021

Musical Interlude: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke & Chris O’Dowd In The Adaptation Of Nick Hornby’s JULIET, NAKED

Away from the silver screen, Movies In Focus‘ great passions are music and literature. These passions usually converge in the work of the great Nick Hornby, a man who knows his way around the male psyche. His book Juliet, Naked is an excellent [...]

June 29, 2018

Making A Female Version Of HIGH FIDELITY Is A Terrible Idea

What came first – the news of the all-female High Fidelity reboot or the misery? High Fidelity really doesn’t need to be remade from a woman’s perspective. Stephen Frear’s film (and source material by Nick Hornby) was perfectly good from a [...]

April 7, 2018

About A Boy: The Rise of Nicholas Hoult

The fantastic and loveable Nicholas Hoult was born and raised in the county of Berkshire before making his big debut to film in 1996 in Intimate Relations when he was just seven years old. The real show stopper came when Nicholas made his big debut [...]

April 4, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Saoirse Ronan Travels From Ireland To BROOKLYN

Brooklyn is a frustrating movie. It’s well made and acted but it lacks weight behind the narrative. Based on the novel by Colm Tóibín novel, John Crowley’s Bafta and Oscar nominated drama delivers a captivating story, without it ever really [...]

February 20, 2016

All The BAFTAs 2016 Coverage You’ll Ever Want

Movies In Focus hit the 2016 Baftas – and you can check out all that coverage here. However, if you want the red carpet gossip and behind the scenes access, then check out the below… Through the Eye of the BAFTA mask A unique [...]

February 15, 2016

Movies In Focus At The 2016 BAFTA Film Awards And The Full Winners List

An icy cold Valentine’s Day in London saw the 2016 Bafta Film Awards at the Royal Opera House. Movies In Focus once again braved the cold to cover the red carpet to see the stars arrive for this prestigious night in the awards season calendar. The [...]

February 15, 2016

The Rise Of Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul

Aaron Paul burst onto television screens in 2008 in the multi Golden Globe award winning series Breaking Bad. Along with Bryan Cranston’s chemistry-teacher-come-drug-lord ‘Heisenberg’, Paul’s drug dealer Jesse Pinkman is one half of the most [...]

January 12, 2015

New Pic As Filming Begins On Nick Hornby’s A LONG WAY DOWN

Filming has started on the big screen adaptation of Nick Hornby’s 2005 novel, A Long Way Down. The Pascal Chaumeil directed film has a stellar cast including former James Bond Pierce Brosnan, Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul, Sam Neill, Tony Collette, [...]

September 19, 2012