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Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: READY PLAYER ONE, ISLE OF DOGS, JOURNEYMAN, A QUIET PLACE & More

This time around: Steven Spielberg goes inside the Oasis in Ready Player One, Wes Anderson takes us to the Isle of Dogs, Paddy Considine is a Journeyman, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski go to A Quiet Place, Dwayne Johnson goes on a Rampage and Paul [...]

August 19, 2018

Movies In Focus At The 2018 BAFTA Film Awards And The Full Winners List

On 18 February 2018, the cream of the film industry once again descended on the Royal Albert Hall for the 2018 EE British Academy Film Awards (that’s the Baftas to you and me). Movies In Focus was on the red carpet to cover the event – [...]

February 19, 2018

BAFTA 2018: Nominations For The EE British Academy Film Awards

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape Of Water is the big nominee for the 2018 EE BAFTAs. Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is also high up on the list. There’s a strong nod towards homegrown (and Irish) talent [...]

January 9, 2018

Review: BLADE RUNNER 2049 Is A Disappointing Delayed Dystopian Sequel

Heavy Spoilers Below Any follow-up to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner was going to be an uphill struggle, nonetheless the signs looked good when Scott returned to godfather the production as Executive Producer, while original screenwriter Hampton [...]

October 7, 2017

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, ELLE, THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE & More

A selection of new blu-ray and DVD releases. This time around: There’s thrills a plenty in classic French thriller Les Diaboliques, the Dork Knight rises in The Lego Batman Movie, Isabelle Huppert stars in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle, Marlon [...]

June 18, 2017

DVD Review: ROBOCOP Is A Smart And Entertaining Remake

I was totally against the idea of remaking RoboCop. Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 movie was pretty perfect in its violent presentation of a dystopian future and a modern update seemed highly unnecessary. The sequels were dire, but the first movie was a [...]

June 8, 2014

Top 10 Big-Screen Robots

Robots have been a part of cinema since its creation and still make for intriguing on-screen presences. With RoboCop set for release on 9 June 2014, Movies in Focus counts down the most memorable movie cyborgs to have graced our screens. Evil [...]

June 4, 2014

Movies In Focus Makes Peace With The ROBOCOP Remake; New Poster

I’ve made my peace with remakes. They’re going to exist. We will always have the original film to re-watch, enjoying it like the company of an old friend. We should pick a cinematic fight we can win. I do wonder what’s going to happen in 20 or [...]

November 10, 2013

Sony Moves Release Date For ROBOCOP; Is It In Trouble?

Sony Pictures has moved Neill Blomkamp’s Matt Damon starrer Elysium from March 2013 to an August 9th release. This shows that Sony believes the science fiction thriller has the potential to hit it big during the summer season. However, the studio [...]

October 17, 2012