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Top Christmas Movies: SCROOGED

Richard Donner’s Scrooged is a flawless interpretation of Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol. The great Bill Murray has never been better as the Christmas-hating TV executive, Frank Cross. However, everyone in the cast of Scrooged [...]

December 15, 2020

The Night The Reindeer Died: Trailer For Festive Action-Comedy FATMAN Starring Mel Gibson & Walton Goggins

The Night The Reindeer Died is a spoof movie featured in the opening of Richard Donner’s Scrooged. The film within a film sees Lee Majors’ Santa Claus face-off against terrorists when the attack his workshop. Donner’s friend and [...]

October 8, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Richard Donner & Steven Spielberg On The Set Of THE GOONIES

Produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Chris Columbus and directed by Richard Donner; it’s no wonder that The Goonies is one of the most beloved films of the 1980s. It’s a movie for kids, that doesn’t talk down to them. Columbus’s script [...]

September 5, 2020

Movies In Focus’ Top Christmas Movies

As curmudgeonly as Movies In Focus can be, I do appreciate Christmas (it’s probably my favourite time of the year). I thought it was about time that I put together a list of my favourite Christmas film, so I rolled-up my sleeves and dug into the [...]

December 19, 2018

Interview: Richard Donner On THE OMEN & SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE – Part 1

It’s often said that Richard Donner is one of the all-time great Hollywood directors. This is certainly true. Donner cut his teeth in advertising and television, working on some of the most iconic shows of the 1960s and 1970s (The Twilight [...]

November 11, 2018

A New Christmas Favourite? New Festive Trailer For DADDY’S HOME 2

I get the feeling that Daddy’s Home 2 might become a festive favourite in the Movies In Focus household. If all goes well then it could be up there with Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, It’s A Wonderful Life, Batman [...]

November 1, 2017

Blu-ray Review: THE GOONIES Is A Classic Piece Of 1980s Cinema

November 10, 2015

Images And Trailer Get Ready For A VERY MURRAY CHRISTMAS

A Very Murray Christmas on Netflix. You can count Movies in Focus onboard for this. Sofia Coppola directing Bill Murray, George Clooney and a host of others in a Christmas special – how could you not be excited? The trailer is about 30 seconds [...]

October 14, 2015