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Podcast Episode 114: Oscar-Winning Director Kevin Macdonald On Real Time Thriller THE RUNNER

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald joins this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast to talk about his latest film, The Runner starring Gal Gadot and Damien Lewis. The Runner is a tense real-time thriller that sees a lawyer (Gadot) [...]

September 1, 2026

Review: SEND HELP – Don’t Bother

I didn’t like Sam Raimi’s Send Help. It tries too hard and ultimately doesn’t go far enough in its excesses. Rami is a director who can be deliciously subversive when he wants to be (see Drag Me To Hell) and he used to be a down and dirty [...]

June 28, 2026

Journey To Night Country: Jodie Foster To Star In TRUE DETECTIVE Season 4

Following in the footsteps of Matthew McConaughey and Colin Farrell, double Oscar winner Jodie Foster has signed-on to star in (and executive produce) the fourth season of HBO’s True Detective. Foster will play Detective Liz Danvers in the [...]

May 27, 2022

Behind The Scenes: Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton & Tom McCarthy On The Set Of SPOTLIGHT

Director Tom McCarthy’s 2015 film, Spotlight is based on a true story that saw a team of Boston Globe journalists (Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Brian d’Arcy James and John Slattery) investigate child sex abuse within the [...]

January 10, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Nic Pizzolatto’s TRUE DETECTIVE – Season 2

Nic Pizzolatto had a tough job following up the masterful first season and the writer/producer could have pleased a lot of people if he’d simply replicated the formula and once again delivered a southern tinged murder mystery. Pizzolatto [...]

December 15, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Brian De Palma, Rachel McAdams & Noomi Rapace On The Set Of PASSION

The great Brian De Palma’s Passion is a return to his ‘80s erotic thriller heyday. However, the master of suspense appears to have lost his touch and the 2012 film fails to hit the mark. Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace star as a pair of [...]

March 11, 2021

Remembering The J.J. Abrams Produced MORNING GLORY Starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum & Patrick Wilson

Produced by J.J. Abrams, 2010’s Morning Glory stars Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum and Patrick Wilson. That’s a great cast for a movie which has pretty much been forgotten over a decade since it was released [...]

February 1, 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

Behind The Scenes: Kevin Macdonald Directs Russell Crowe & Ben Affleck On The Set Of STATE OF PLAY

Kevin Macdonald’s State of Play is a classy piece of Hollywood filmmaking that delivers an entertaining two hours in the cinema and features enjoyable star performances from Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams. The 2009 film which [...]

December 7, 2020

Pierce Brosnan In EUROVISION

I had no interest in the upcoming Will Ferrell/Rachel McAdams Netflix comedy Eurovision. None at all. In fact, I don’t think I knew it existed. However, it’s now on my ‘must-see’ list because of its recent cast signing: [...]

August 10, 2019

TRUE DETECTIVE Season 3 Continues To Shape Up; Stephen Dorff Joins The Cast

Stephen Dorff (remember him?) has been cast opposite Mahershala Ali and Carmen Ejogo in season three of Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective. The first season starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson drew raves from critics, but season two [...]

January 3, 2018

Something Different: New SPOTLIGHT Collage Artwork

A Movies In Focus called Tom McCarthy’s newspaper drama Spotlight ‘a drama which keeps the dramatics to a minimum, Spotlight is a true story that plays out the reality in a realistic and non-cinematic fashion. It’s littered with great [...]

May 24, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Great Performances Make SPOTLIGHT A Must-See Newspaper Story

Spotlight is all about the performances and the story. Tom McCarthy’s film isn’t bothered about strong visuals or flashy theatrics. He directs this like a reporter would (or should) write a news story, reporting the facts as they happened. [...]

April 24, 2016

Oscars 2016: Full Winners List; Leonardo DiCaprio Finally Wins Best Actor

The awards season reached its climax with the 88th Academy Awards – and it was a night that saw the gold shared amongst a variety of films. The Revenant, Spotlight, The Big Short, The Danish Girl, Bridge of Spies and Room won the top nods, [...]

February 29, 2016

Blu-ray Review: TRUE DETECTIVE Season 2 Is A Dark And Complex Noir From Nic Pizzolatto

Nic Pizzolatto had a tough job following up the masterful first season of True Detective. The writer/producer could have pleased a lot of people if he’d replicated the formula for the follow-up and once again delivered a southern tinged murder [...]

January 16, 2016

OSCARS 2016: A Full List Of Nominations; THE REVENANT Leads The Pack

The nominations for the Academy Awards (AKA the Oscars) have dropped. We expected many of these (The Revenant, The Big Short and Spotlight) but who would have guessed that Mad Max: Fury Road would be nominated for Best Picture and Best Director? I [...]

January 14, 2016

Powerful Trailer For Michael Keaton And Mark Ruffalo Drama SPOTLIGHT

Tom McCarthy’s true-life drama Spotlight now has a trailer – and it’s powerful. The film follows the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize winning investigation into child abuse in the Catholic Church in 2003. Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, [...]

July 29, 2015

You Get The Show You Deserve: Defending TRUE DETECTIVE Season 2

Nic Pizzolatto ripped apart the conventions of the detective story and rebuilt it from the ground up with the first season of True Detective. Not only did it feature ridiculously powerful performances from Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, [...]

July 25, 2015

Prime Awards Date For The Michael Keaton/Mark Ruffalo Drama SPOTLIGHT

Spotlight, the newspaper drama top-lined by Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo has been given 6 November release date. This is a prime awards season launch and it bodes well for the film – and maybe it’ll give Keaton and Ruffalo the Oscar gold [...]

June 13, 2015

Do The Time Warp: Ten Time Travel Movies

The latest film in a long line of time travel classics, Project Almanac follows a brilliant high school student and his friends who discover blueprints for a machine that can send them back in time. This latest foray into the popular [...]

June 8, 2015

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