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Read The Official Synopsis For SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

Solo: A Star Wars Story hits screens on 25 May – and we still know nothing about it. We haven’t seen a trailer or any official imagery from the film. But rest easy – we now have an official synopsis, a synopsis which tells us [...]

January 17, 2018

Introducing SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

Ron Howard has just finished shooting the Han Solo prequel pic, which stars Alden Ehrenreich as the man who did the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. During production the film was going by the not very catchy name of Untitled Han Solo Film [...]

October 22, 2017

Here Today Gone Trevorrow: STAR WARS: EPISODE IX Needs A New Director

Colin Trevorrow won’t be directing Star Wars: Episode IX. The Jurassic World helmer has been ousted from the film’s director’s chair due to the oh-so contagious ‘creative differences’. The news comes weeks after Ron [...]

September 6, 2017

Ron Howard Tells Us That There Won’t Be A Death Star In The UNTITLED HAN SOLO MOVIE

The internet (film-wise, anyway) went nuts with stories that the Death Star will make an appearance in Ron Howard’s Untitled Han Solo Movie. Howard Tweeted the below image (with the caption ‘The Empire Looms Large’) and it caused [...]

August 17, 2017

Phil Lord & Christopher Miller Ditched From The HAN SOLO Movie UPDATE: Ron Howard Takes Over

Updated Below! To lose one Star Wars director may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. I could speculate all day long and make stuff up just to get hits – but the simple story is that Phil Lord and Christopher [...]

June 21, 2017

All Hail George Lucas!

Nobody has influenced cinema and popular culture over the last five decades quite like George Lucas. THX 1138, American Graffiti, Star Wars and Indiana Jones have inspired countless filmmakers over the years and they continue to be mined and [...]

May 14, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Ron Howard’s THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS Is Fab

You’d think that every story about The Beatles has been told, explored and extrapolated upon over the last half century. In truth, they probably have, but Ron Howard’s The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years makes it all seem [...]

November 17, 2016

New Clip From Ron Howard’s THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – THE TOURING YEARS

Ron Howard’s The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years takes a look at the Fab Four before they retired from touring and retreated into the studio to record their progressive masterworks. The Beatles’ career has been well documented [...]

September 13, 2016

New Trailer: Tom Hanks And Ron Howard Tackle Dan Brown’s INFERNO

I can’t believe it’s a decade since The Da Vinci Code and seven years since Angels And Demons hit screens. Where does time go? Anyway, Tom Hanks is back as Robert Langdon in Inferno and Ron Howard is once again directing this adaptation [...]

June 23, 2016

Tom Hanks And Ron Howard Tackle Another Dan Brown Mystery In INFERNO

Movies In Focus kinda digs these Tom Hanks/Ron Howard adventures. I like the potboiler aspect to these Dan Brown mysteries – and they don’t make big budget movies like this anymore for grown-ups – I applaud you gentlemen. [...]

May 10, 2016

Robert Langdon Is Back! New Images Of Tom Hanks In Ron Howard’s Dan Brown Adaptation INFERNO

Tom Hanks is back as Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon in Inferno. Ron Howard’s Da Vinci Code/Angels And Demon’s follow-up once again sees Langdon caught-up in a conspiracy that could potentially change the world. These new images give the first [...]

December 30, 2015

Sony Gives Stephen King’s THE DARK TOWER A January 2017 Release Date; Will It Meet It?

For years Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have been working hard to bring Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series to the screen. Names like Russell Crowe and Javier Bardem have been bandied about for the lead role but the scope of the project has led to [...]

August 6, 2015

Epic Trailer For Ron Howard’s IN THE HEART OF THE SEA With Chris Hemsworth And Cillian Murphy

Ron Howard’s In The Heart Of The Sea looks like a great, old fashioned movie. The type of adventure film Hollywood made before CGI and superheroes. Admittedly, this does appear to feature quite a lot of CGI, but Howard looks to be putting [...]

December 28, 2014

Trailer And Poster For Ron Howard’s IN THE HEART OF THE SEA Starring Chris Hemsworth

Thor star Chris Hemsworth anchors Ron Howard‘s In The Heart Of The Sea, a nautical tale allegedly based on the story that inspired Moby Dick. This should be on your must watch list for many reasons (apart from the fact it looks very good) [...]

October 16, 2014

Review: JAY-Z And Ron Howard Unite for MADE IN AMERICA

As a director, Ron Howard has made films in a wide range of genres. He has now ‘pulled a Scorsese’ and recorded his first live concert movie, set around J-Z’s Made In America festival. J-Z’s aim for the festival is to bring music fans from [...]

May 12, 2014

Movies In Focus Goes To The 2014 EE BAFTA Awards And The Full Winners List

The glitz, the glamour, the Baftas. Movies In Focus was once again on the red carpet for the 2014 EE Bafta Film Awards. The evening was much sunnier and warmer than last year’s event which saw the stars (and the less glamorous journalists) [...]

February 17, 2014

Movies In Focus Celebrates The 2014 BAFTA Nominations

The 2014 Bafta nominations have been announced and the big news is that Gravity, American Hustle and 12 Years A Slave are the films that have scored the most nods. You kind of saw that coming though, didn’t you? However, there is much to admire in [...]

January 9, 2014

Warner Bros Decides On THE DARK TOWER; Russell Crowe Attached

Warner Bros. is deciding if it wants to pull the trigger on Ron Howard’s ambitious adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. It turns out that Javier Bardem, the original choice to play post-apocalyptic gunslinger, Roland Deschain is [...]

August 3, 2012

Review: PEDRO Shows That Dustin Lance Black Isn’t Much Of A Writer

Dustin Lance Black seems to be the go to man for writing gay biopics. Hot off his Oscar-winning success with Milk comes Pedro, a film about AIDS campaigner and star of MTV’s Real Word: San Francisco, Pedro Zamora. Pedro is told using multiple [...]

May 18, 2012

Ron Howard Offers Hope For THE DARK TOWER

Over the last year or so three big budget films from A-list filmmakers were put on hold by Hollywood studios due to their massive costs. The Lone Ranger had Johnny Depp starring as sidekick Tonto, with Jerry Bruckheimer producing and Gore Verbinski [...]

May 8, 2012

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