once upon a time in hollywood

THE MOVIE CRITIC: Quentin Tarantino Eyes His Final Film As Director

Word on the street is that Quentin Tarantino is getting ready to shoot his tenth – and final – film as director. Titled The Movie Critic, the film is apparently based on the time that famed film critic Pauline Kael was persuaded to [...]

March 15, 2023

Behind The Scenes: James Garner, Steve McQueen & James Coburn On The Set Of THE GREAT ESCAPE

Director John Sturges‘ 1963 film, The Great Escape is now regarded as a classic. The adventure film was a huge release at the time and it featured an epic array of stars including –Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, [...]

November 4, 2021

The Mighty Kurt Russell

The mighty Kurt Russell turned 70 years old on 17 March 2021. The iconic actor has had a long and varied career, starring in a variety of beloved cult classics and out-right global blockbusters. Russell brings a laid-back, blue-collar vibe to his [...]

March 17, 2021

Quentin Tarantino Signs Two-Book Deal: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Novelisation To Hit Shelves In 2021 Followed By CINEMA SPECULATION

The prospect of a novel written by Quentin Tarantino is a truly tantalising proposition. The prospect of a novel followed by a book on 1970s cinema is just mind-blowing – but that’s what we’re going to get. Tarantino has signed a [...]

November 18, 2020

The BASTERDS Have Landed

Movies In Focus revisited Quentin Tarantino‘s 2009 film Inglorious Bastards for the first time in maybe eight or nine years. I remembered the two big stand-out scenes – the opening sequence and the tavern stand-off and they both hold-up [...]

April 2, 2020

Movies In Focus At The 2020 EE BAFTA Film Awards And The Full Winners List

Sunday 2 February 2020 was the day when the film industry donned its finest (recycled) clothing before descending on London’s Royal Albert Hall for the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards. Movies In Focus once again attended the event, [...]

February 3, 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

Academy Awards 2020: Joker Leads The Oscar Pack

It’s not really a surprise that the multi-award winning, billion dollar grossing Joker is leading the pack with 11 nominations at the 2020 Academy Awards. If I were a betting man, I’d say that Joaquin Phoenix is a lock to win the Best [...]

January 14, 2020

BAFTA 2020: Nominations For The EE British Academy Film Awards

It looks like Joker is no laughing matter. Todd Phillips’ Blockbusting DC Comics film leads the pack at the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards with 11 nominations. Martin Scorsese’s Netflix produced drama The Irishman and Quentin [...]

January 7, 2020

The 2020 Golden Globes Full Nominations List

It’s easy to become cynical when you write about movies. You get to see the good, the bad and the ugly and sometimes that makes you jaded. However, there’s nothing like watching quality movies succeed and when you see the list of [...]

December 9, 2019

Trailer: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Has My Attention

Movies In Focus is old enough to remember how Quentin Tarantino totally changed the face of cinema with his gutsy style of writing and directing in the 1990s. It was great to be around when Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown exploded onto [...]

March 23, 2019