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You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Casting Quentin Tarantino’s PULP FICTION

The impact that Quentin Tarantino had on cinema in the 1990s can not be understated. Budgeted at $1.2 million, 1992’s Reservoir Dogs was a small movie that grossed less than $3 million worldwide. However, as time went by Tarantino’s [...]

December 13, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Paul Schrader’s DOG EAT DOG

Director Paul Schrader’s 2016 film, Dog Eat Dog is a sort of ‘90s throwback, a post-Tarantino crime drama top-lined by Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe. It’s not exactly Reservoir Dogs, but these guys have serious talent and that shines through [...]

June 18, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Henry Dunham’s THE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEK

Writer-director Henry Dunham makes a gutsy directorial debut with 2018’s The Standoff At Sparrow Creek. The thriller is a confined and claustrophobic character piece that unfolds at its own pace, drawing its audience into its slow-release [...]

January 26, 2021

Trailer: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Has My Attention

Movies In Focus is old enough to remember how Quentin Tarantino totally changed the face of cinema with his gutsy style of writing and directing in the 1990s. It was great to be around when Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown exploded onto [...]

March 23, 2019

Review: THE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEK Is Tense Tough Hombre Chamber Piece

Writer-director Henry Dunham makes a gutsy directorial debut with The Standoff At Sparrow Creek. The thriller is a confined and claustrophobic character piece that unfolds at its own pace, drawing its audience into its slow-release plot. This is [...]

January 24, 2019

THE PREDATOR: Getting The Gang Together

A motley crew is defined as an assembly of individuals of various backgrounds, appearance, and character that come together for a single cause. Utilising this as the centrepiece of a narrative has been a hallmark of cinema for many years now, [...]

September 4, 2018

Profile: Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino is a two time Academy Award winner, writer, director, producer, actor and foot fetishist extraordinaire. Tarantino changed the face of movie-making forever in the ‘90s, delivering the one-two punch combo of Reservoir Dogs and [...]

March 27, 2013