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Notebook Reviews: PEARL HARBOR

Michael Bay – 2001 Michael Bay’s epic blockbuster features some spectacular action and special effects. Pearl Harbor has the usual Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay feel with orange sunsets and slow-motion. Ben Affleck does his leading [...]

October 16, 2020

How Michael Bay Paid Homage To Himself With PEARL HARBOR

Love him or loathe him, you can’t deny that Michael Bay is one hell of a visual stylist. The director has made some exceptional action films – The Rock, The Bad Boys movies, Armageddon and Pearl Harbor all work on a wonderful cinematic [...]

June 11, 2020

Ben Affleck On His Career, Batman And Finding The Way Back

This 22 minute video interview with Ben Affleck for GQ is pure gold. It features an enthusiastic Affleck talking about his career and some of his biggest and best roles. He talks about Good Will Hunting, Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, Argo, Batman and [...]

March 7, 2020

Trailer & Poster For The Bruckheimer-Lee-Smith Sci-Fi Actioner GEMINI MAN

Movies In Focus is a massive lover of Jerry Bruckheimer’s special brand of action extravaganza. Movies like Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Gone In Sixty Seconds, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, Con Air, Enemy Of The Sate and others – nobody [...]

July 26, 2019

DUNKIRK Trailer: It Looks Like Christopher Nolan’s Pearl Harbor

I actually really like 2001’s Pearl Harbor. It’s a luscious Jerry Bruckheimer-Michael Bay extravaganza that I can really get behind (despite its flaws) – and I get the same sense of scope from this new trailer for Christopher [...]

May 7, 2017

Dear Michael Bay, Please Stop Making TRANSFORMERS Movies

Michael, I saw the above photograph and felt the need to say something. You don’t need the Transformers franchise. I know the films have grossed billions at the box office and they’ve enabled you to play with hundreds of millions of [...]

June 25, 2016

DVD Review: ACT OF VALOUR Verges On Hotshots! Style Parody

Act of Valour (or Act of Valor if you hail from the US) is a terrible film. I have to say that up front. I was going to beat about the bush and say how much I admire filmmakers who try to give audiences something different, pushing the boundaries of [...]

August 1, 2012