sci-fi

Trailer: Bruce Willis & Frank Grillo Battle Aliens In Sci-Fi Action Pic COSMIC SIN

The mighty Bruce Willis is heading into space again. The Die Hard star is joining forces with Frank Grillo to battle aliens in Cosmic Sin, the latest film from director Edward Drake. Oddly enough, Drake and Willis last teamed up for last [...]

February 4, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THX 1138

George Lucas – 1971 THX 1138 is a powerful feature debut from George Lucas. Lucas’ stark direction is first rate and the film’s visuals are stunning. The lead performance from Robert Duvall is low-key but strong and Donald [...]

February 4, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Mike Hodges Directs Sam J. Jones On The Set Of FLASH GORDON

Mike Hodges was coming-off an unsuccessful attempt at making Damien: Omen II (he was fired during production) and he fully embraced the comic book aesthetic of the Flash Gordon comic strip and the visual style of the 1930s serial starring Buster [...]

February 3, 2021

Notebook Reviews: FLASH GORDON

Frederick Stephani – 1936 The 1936 Flash Gordon serial is a rollicking-good science fiction yarn. There’s great fun to be had as Buster Crabbe’s Flash battles Charles Middleton’s Ming The Merciless. Crabbe is great – [...]

February 2, 2021

Behind The Scenes: James Brolin, Sam Waterston, O.J Simpson & Karen Black On The Set Of CAPRICORN ONE

Writer/director Peter Hyams‘ Capricorn One is a neat conspiracy tale following three astronauts (James Brolin, Sam Waterston and O.J Simpson, yes that O.J Simpson) on a manned mission to Mars. However, they didn’t really land on Mars. [...]

January 31, 2021

Notebook Reviews: BATTLEFIELD EARTH

Roger Christian – 2000 Battlefield Earth is not as bad as you have been led to believe. Having said that, it’s nothing to rave about either. The special effects are quite good and John Travolta has fun in an over-the-top/camp sort of way [...]

January 30, 2021

George Clooney Producing (& Might Star In) BUCK ROGERS

It looks like George Cooney might heading back into orbit once more. Clooney and his Smokehouse Pictures producing partner, Grant Heslov have signed-on as producers for Legendary’s Buck Rogers reboot. Clooney is also potentially taking on [...]

January 29, 2021

Promo Still Of Gil Gerard & Erin Gray From BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY

Buck Rogers In The 25th Century is tremendous fun. The TV series ran from 1979 to 1981 and it offered-up an exciting new take on the Buck Rogers character made famous by Buster Crabbe in the 1930s. Gil Gerard is the 20th Century astronaut who [...]

January 29, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Richard Stanley Directs Nicolas Cage & Joely Richardson On The Set Of COLOR OUT OF SPACE

Movie-making mavericks Richard Stanley and Nicolas Cage teamed in 2019 for the bonkers H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, Color Out Of Space. In a strange way, its the perfect film to watch considering everything that is going on in the world at the [...]

January 7, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Jeff Renfroe’s THE COLONY

The Colony is a highly entertaining (and good looking) B-movie from 2013 that wears its genre influences on its sleeve. Laurence Fishburne and Bill Paxton lead the cast, while Kevin Zegers impresses as the film’s young hero. Set in the future [...]

January 6, 2021

Notebook Reviews: THE MATRIX

The Wachowskis – 1999 The Matrix is a slick and visually amazing sci-fi film with some stunning filmmaking techniques from The Wachowskis. The story’s on the slight side, but the action is the thing and it’s done with so much style [...]

January 1, 2021

There’s Panic On The Trans-Siberian For Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee In HORROR EXPRESS

Gene Martin’s Horror Express plays-out like the winning combination of Murder On The Orient Express as well as The Thing. The 1972 Spanish/UK production sees Christopher Lee‘s anthropologist discovering a mysterious creature frozen [...]

January 1, 2021

Behind The Scenes Image From 1951’s THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

John W. Campbell Jr’s 1938 novella Who Goes There? (originally published under the pseudonym, Don. A. Stuart) was the basis for the 1951 RKO Picture, The Thing From Another World. The plot sees US Air Force men and scientists defending [...]

December 29, 2020

Review: Sci-Fi Thriller BREACH Starring Bruce Willis & Thomas Jane Is Enjoyable Dumb Fun

You’ll enjoy Breach if you ignore the derivative nature of the film’s plot and check your brain at the door. Directed by John Suits, this sci-fi/horror/thriller hybrid owes a massive debt to Ridley Scott’s Alien and John [...]

December 13, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Jaron Henrie-McCrea’s CURTAIN

Sometimes the simple ideas are the best. Take 2015’s Curtain (aka The Gateway) by Jaron Henrie-McCrea, a sci-fi-horror that sees Danni (Danni Smith), a nurse move into a New York apartment only to discover that her shower curtain keeps [...]

November 29, 2020

Closed Competition: Win TWELVE MONKEYS Starring Brad Pitt & Bruce Willis On DVD

Terry Gilliam’s incredibly timely Twelve Monkeys is being released on DVD by Fabulous Films on 14 December. To celebrate the release of the Brad Pitt/Bruce Willis sci-fi film, Movies In Focus is giving one lucky reader [...]

November 27, 2020

Trailer: Alien ‘Inspired’ BREACH Starring Bruce Willis & Thomas Jane Looks Like Fun

Like many, Movies In Focus has been disappointed by much of Bruce Willis‘ output in recent years. But I have to admit that Breach looks like a lot of fun. It’s not going to win any awards, but it might just make for an enjoyable 90 minutes. A [...]

November 15, 2020

Review: LIFE AFTER THE NAVIGATOR Looks At The Life Of Joey Cramer & The Making Of FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR

2018’s Life After Flash is an exceptional documentary from director Lisa Downs which charts the rise, fall and resurgence of Sam J. Jones, the star of the ’80s cult adventure Flash Gordon. Downs’ film looked at how Jones dealt with his fame, [...]

November 15, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling & Denis Villeneuve On The Set Of BLADE RUNNER 2049

Director Denis Villeneuve made a valiant attempt at following-up Ridley Scott’s iconic Blade Runner with 2017’s Blade Runner 2049. Ryan Gosling is K, a Blade Runner whose investigation leads him to Harrison Ford’s in-exile Deckard. The [...]

November 8, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: John Boorman’s ZARDOZ

John Boorman’s Zardoz can be blamed for being a lot of things, but predictable isn’t one of them. This 1974 starrer for Sean Connery bucks convention on all levels and Boorman delivers one of the oddest science fiction movies ever to star an [...]

November 3, 2020

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