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Review: Peter Bogdanovich ‘Lost’ Final Film SQUIRRELS TO THE NUTS

It appeared that Peter Bogdanovich‘s final narrative feature was the enjoyable but lightweight 2014 film, She’s Funny That Way. Starring Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans and Jennifer Aniston, the screwball [...]

April 5, 2022

Bruce Willis Retires From Acting Because Of Health Issues

The family of Bruce Willis has announced that the 67-year-old star is “stepping away” from acting because of health issues. Willis has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, a condition which impacts cognitive abilities – it can affect [...]

March 31, 2022

Podcast – Episode 18: James Kenney On Finding The Lost Director’s Cut Of Peter Bogdanovich’s SQUIRRELS TO THE NUTS

Premiering at the Venice Festival in 2014, She’s Funny That Way was the final narrative feature from the late Peter Bogdanovich. Starring Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans and Jennifer Aniston, the film was a [...]

March 26, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Wes Anderson’s THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU

Wes Anderson’s brilliant 2004 film, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou is the writer-director’s forgotten masterpiece. It includes Anderson’s usual precise visual style and tropes about broken families and distant fathers, but this time [...]

December 17, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Owen Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow & Wes Anderson On The Set Of THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

The success of 1998’s brilliant Rushmore meant that writer-director Wes Anderson was effectively given carte blanche for his follow-up film. What he delivered was 2001’s The Royal Tenenbaums, an expertly crafted off-beat family drama [...]

November 18, 2021

Notebook Reviews: ARMAGEDDON

Michael Bay – 1998 Michael Bay‘s Armageddon is totally preposterous – but it’s great fun. You need to embrace the concept or you’ll never enjoy this Jerry Bruckheimer produced disaster movie. This oil-riggers on an [...]

June 28, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Peter Bogdanovich’s SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY

The great Peter Bogdanovich’s love of the old studio comedies has long passed into Hollywood lore. Nobody has a love of the screwball comedy quite like Bogdanovich. From What’s Up Doc? to They All Laughed shows that the writer/director has [...]

March 30, 2021

Review: BLISS Starring Owen Wilson & Salma Hayek Has An Intriguing Premise But A Fumbled Execution

Writer/director Mike Cahill’s Bliss is a film which takes a big swing but ultimately never really delivers on its promise. That’s a shame because this Owen Wilson/Salma Hayek film drama features some intriguing concepts and a great straight turn [...]

February 5, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Woody Allen Directs Owen Wilson & Rachel McAdams On The Set Of MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

Midnight in Paris may not be vintage Woody Allen, but the 2011 film is one of his finer efforts in recent years, and like many of Allen’s films over the last fifteen or so, it is set in a major European city. This time Paris, and the opening four [...]

January 23, 2021

Disastrous Screen Duos

From Homer Simpson to Joey Tribbianis, there’s something undeniably great about watching a loveable idiot blunder their way through life. Now, times that childish chaos by two and what do you get? A disastrous duo! We all love a bit of double [...]

January 23, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Wes Anderson Directs Bill Murray On The Set Of 2004’s THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU

A true masterpiece, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou is a wonderful piece of cinema. It sees Wes Anderson crafting an experience like no other and showing blatant disregard for convention and the rules. It’s a $50 million art movie with an [...]

January 4, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE MINUS MAN

Hampton Fancher – 1999 Based on the novel by Lew McCreary, The Minus Man was directed by Blade Runner screenwriter Hampton Fancher. It’s an odd little thriller where very little actually happens – but that’s not to say it [...]

September 27, 2020

Notebook Reviews: RUSHMORE

Wes Anderson – 1998 It has the mighty Bill Murray in it, so of course it’s going to be good – but Wes Anderson‘s Rushmore is a fantastic off-beat comedy. It’s anchored by Murray, but Jason Schwartzman is also excellent [...]

September 25, 2020

Trailer: Social Media Is A Killer In NO ESCAPE

Few things annoy Movies In Focus like over enthusiastic Vloggers. Therefore, I’m taking quite a bit of pleasure from this trailer for the horror/thriller No Escape (not to be confused with the 2015 Owen Wilson/Pierce Brosnan film). [...]

August 19, 2020

Remembering Jan De Bont’s THE HAUNTING

Liam Neeson, Owen Wilson, Catherine Zeta Jones and Lili Taylor top-lined Jan De Bont’s expensive clunker The Haunting in 1999. The film is an adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House and and updated version [...]

August 14, 2020

2001’s ZOOLANDER Still Delivers Laughs Nearly 20 Years Later

Movies In Focus isn’t a big fan of mainstream comedy films – but 2001’s Zoolander is a real keeper. The $28 million film was a moderate hit at the box office where it grossed $45 million in the US and $60 million globally. The New [...]

August 11, 2020

Take Me Back… First Trailer For Wes Anderson’s ALL-Star Comedy THE FRENCH DISPATCH

Movies In Focus adores the visual aesthetic of Wes Anderson‘s films. I was captured by his work when I first saw Rushmore way back in 1999 and I’ve been a fan ever since. Anderson’s movies look great. but they also have a [...]

February 12, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Criterion’s Release Of Wes Anderson’s THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU Is The Perfect Way To Present A Masterpiece

To many The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (henceforth known as The Life Aquatic) is Wes Anderson’s creative and commercial misfire, but to others (Movies In Focus included) it’s the writer-director’s forgotten masterpiece. This 2004 release [...]

June 23, 2018

Woody Harrelson Takes Movies And Live Theatre To The Next Level With LOST IN LONDON

Woody Harrelson has had anything but a conventional career. He started things off in the hit ‘80s sitcom Cheers, before segueing into movies, mixing things up with a variety of independent and studio flicks. For every blockbuster he’s appeared [...]

December 15, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Criterion Collection Presents Wes Anderson’s THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

Originally released in 2001, The Royal Tenenbaums remains one of Wes Anderson’s finest works. A highly visual black comedy, Tenenbaums is a timeless film which still packs a punch 15 years after its initial release. Anderson’s literary tinged [...]

November 21, 2016

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