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Oscars 2022: The Full Academy Awards Winners List

  The 94th Academy Awards took place on Sunday 27th March 2022. The event was pretty much over shadowed by Best Actor winner Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. If the night [...]

March 28, 2022

Academy Awards 2022: A Full List Of Oscar Nominations

Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog leads the charge at this year’s Academy Awards. The Netflix western scored 12 nominations including Best Director for Campion. Campion is now the first woman to have been nominated for best director [...]

February 10, 2022

Notebook Reviews: VANILLA SKY

Cameron Crowe – 2001 Writer/director Cameron Crowe‘s Vanilla Sky is a masterpiece. Crowe’s ‘cover version’ of Alejandro Amenábar’s Open Your Eyes is a glossy and surreal romantic-drama-sci-fi-thriller. Tom [...]

April 28, 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

Behind The Scenes Of Cameron Crowe’s VANILLA SKY

Movies In Focus is of the belief that Cameron Crowe‘s Vanilla Sky is one of the finest films of the 21st Century. Starring Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee and Kurt Russell, Vanilla Sky delivers on multiple levels. The [...]

April 26, 2020

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Set Design Video

You can tell from the trailer that set design is a huge aspect of Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express. This featurette puts the focus on that… The synopsis: What starts out as a lavish [...]

October 31, 2017

Behind The Scenes Of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Kenneth Branagh’s all-star adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express hits screens on 3 November – and here’s a nice little behind the scenes look at the luscious looking film. It’s all about the [...]

October 19, 2017

All-Star MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Poster

You’d have to be a fool not to be excited by Kenneth Branagh’s Murder On The Orient Express. It looks opulent as hell – and the cast is equally impressive: Branagh, Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Josh [...]

September 9, 2017

Chasing The Dragon: Drugs On Film

Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, coming to Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms from February 1st, 2016 courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment, is a visceral, unflinching portrayal of the war against drugs. Critically lauded and impossible to tear your [...]

January 26, 2016