robert redford

Prove It: Embrace Old School Cinematic Cool With This Scene From THE OLD MAN & THE GUN

Robert Redford is one of the all-time greats and The Old Man & The Gun might turn out to be his last ever onscreen appearance – so here’s a little taster to remind us what we’re going to be missing. The synopsis: The Old Man [...]

December 3, 2018

Say Goodbye To The Sundance Kid This December

We know that The Old Man & The Gun is Robert Redford‘s cinematic swan-song. The David Lowery directed flick looks like a gem (see the below trailer) and the perfect way for Redford to bow out as one of our all-time great movie stars. Now [...]

August 15, 2018

Robert Redford Retires – But Didn’t We Already Know This?

According to an EW exclusive, the mighty Robert Redford is retiring from acting following The Oldman & The Gun. But didn’t we already know this? We knew it in 2016 and I wrote about it in April 2018. News or not, here’s a quote from [...]

August 6, 2018

Trailer For Robert Redford’s Cinematic Swansong THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN

A lot of atrocious movie trailers come along (I’m looking at you Bumblebee) but every so often one drops which gives you that cinematic tingle – this effort for David Lowery’s The Old Man And The Gun did just that. It stars the [...]

June 5, 2018

Images And Release Date For Robert Redford’s THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN

Apparently, The Old Man And The Gun will be Robert Redford‘s last screen appearance. The 81 year old actor has said he’s calling it quits after a long and distinguished career as one of the great movie icons. David Lowry (A Ghost [...]

April 20, 2018

Trailer For Netflix’s OUR SOULS AT NIGHT Starring Robert Redford And Jane Fonda

Our Souls At Night is pure Movies In Focus fodder. I’m all over this new trailer – right down to the Van Morrison soundtrack. Good to see that Robert Redford is still rocking his trademark blue short. Fifty years since playing newlyweds [...]

September 13, 2017

Teaser Trailer For Robert Redford & Jane Fonda Netflix Starrer OUR SOULS AT NIGHT

You know that Our Souls At Night, the new Netflix drama starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda is going to deliver (that is if you have a disposition towards good movies). Redford and Fonda are charismatic pros – and Movies In Focus always [...]

August 9, 2017

Don’t Tell Robert Redford! Max Irons Is CONDOR

Sydney Pollack’s Three Days Of The Condor is one of the great films of the 1970s (read the Movies In Focus review). It’s almost flawless and Robert Redford is at his charismatic best in the 1975 thriller, which was based on the novel Six [...]

February 7, 2017

New Netflix Drama THE DISCOVERY Gets A Teaser Trailer

Netflix‘s latest film, The Discovery looks great. This is the type of flick that would once have been given a limited arthouse release and now it’s transmitted right into your bedroom. Once this would have had a small reach, now [...]

January 18, 2017

First Image Of Robert Redford And Jane Fonda In Netflix’s OUR SOULS AT NIGHT

Our Souls At Night is an interesting proposition for 2017. The Netflix film reunites Robert Redford and Jane Fonda – and it appears to be a grown-up film for grown-ups. You won’t find any superheroes in this drama which co-stars Bruce [...]

December 29, 2016

Ritesh Batra To Direct Robert Redford And Jane Fonda In OUR SOULS AT NIGHT

Netflix has set Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox and The Sense Of An Ending) to direct Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in Our Souls At Night. Batra will direct the adaptation of Kent Haruf’s novel, which has been described as in the vein [...]

July 9, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Robert Redford In Sydney Pollack’s THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR

The 1970s offered up some wonderful suspense-filled paranoia thrillers. One of the best films in the cycle was Sydney Pollack’s Three Days Of The Condor. Pollack stacks his film with a great cast, with his go-to leading man Robert Redford in the [...]

April 16, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Robert Mitchum Takes The Lead In Crime Drama THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE

The Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973) is the type of ‘70s movie that perfectly sums up the decade on a cinematic level. Robert Mitchum plays the titular Eddie Coyle, an ageing low level crook caught-up in a Boston gun-running racket. Eddie is eager to [...]

February 7, 2016

Andrew Garfield: TV and Film Career

LA born and Surrey raised, Andrew Garfield began his acting career in British television and theatre. His first role in a feature length film was in Robert Redford’s Lions for Lambs. This was followed by a mix of low budget, independent shorts and [...]

January 26, 2016