roland emmerich Archives - Movies In Focus

Trailer & Poster: Spy Thriller AGENT GAME Starring Dermot Mulroney, Jason Isaacs & Mel Gibson

Count Movies In Focus in for Agent Game, the new spy thriller starring Dermot Mulroney, Jason Isaacs and the mighty Mel Gibson. The film arrives in U.S. cinemas, digital, and On Demand on April 8, 2022 and it looks like an entertaining cat and [...]

March 8, 2022

Notebook Reviews: STARGATE

Roland Emmerich – 1994. Stargate is an enjoyable and energetic science fiction romp from Master of Disaster Roland Emmerich. Emmerich’s adventure is derivative – Star Wars and Lawrence of Arabia are particular touchstones [...]

February 11, 2022

Notebook Reviews: THE PATRIOT

Roland Emmerich – 2000. Master of Disaster, Roland Emmerich goes for a serious change of pace with The Patriot. Yes, this is still a huge scale Hollywood blockbuster, but its worlds away from the likes of Stargate and Independence Day. The [...]

September 12, 2021

After 20 Years It’s Finally Here: Trailer For INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE

Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman are back kicking alien butt in Independence Day: Resurgence. This belated sequel to the smash 1996 sci-fi blockbuster has all the right action beats and plenty of spectacle. However, will this Roland Emmerich directed [...]

December 14, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Dwayne Johnson Can’t Rescue Soulless Disaster Movie SAN ANDREAS

Earthquake disaster movie San Andreas delivers a big budget special effects spectacle, however it fails to register on any other level. Director Brad Peyton’s film looks good but after a while the CG-created mayhem bores to the point of tedium. [...]

October 11, 2015

Party Like It’s 1996 With This New Promotional Art For INDEPENDENCE DAY 2

Independence Day 2 will finally hit screens on 24 June 2016 – almost 20 years to the day that Roland Emmerich destroyed the world with copious amounts of special effects and aliens. Emmerich, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Brent Spinner, writer [...]

June 11, 2015

Duncan Jones Unveils The First Look At Orgrim Doomhammer From WARCRAFT

Duncan Jones’ Warcraft movie is a year away – but that means we should be getting really excited. That’s how it goes, right? The hype builds a year in advance now. I blame Roland Emmerich and Sony, who thrust a Godzilla teaser trailer on [...]

May 19, 2015

Aaron Eckhart & Gerard Butler Protect The White House In OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

Aaron Eckhart will play the President of the United States, and Gerard Butler will act as his loyal protector in the action/thriller Olympus Has Fallen. Antoine Fuqua will direct the film, which has been described as ‘Die Hard in the White [...]

June 24, 2012

INDEPENDENCE DAY Opens On July 3, 2013…In 3D

20th Century Fox has set July 3, 2013 as the re-release date for Independence Day. A prime summer slot for a movie that first came out in 1996. It’ll make a truckload of cash and probably kick-start the long-gestating [...]

June 1, 2012