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The Great Robert Redford

The great Robert Redford turned 85 years old on 18 August 2021. One of the all-time great movie stars, Redford has alway been a politically active actor, although one who has spent a lot of time carefully crafting his screen image and a [...]

August 18, 2021

Notebook Reviews: SPY GAME

Tony Scott – 2001 Spy Game is a hugely enjoyable old-school espionage thriller from the great Tony Scott. This is a visually impressive and incredibly tense piece, featuring the wonderful pairing of Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. Redford is [...]

May 4, 2021

The Sundance Kid: Robert Redford

The mighty Robert Redford is one of the all-time great movie stars. He’s a politically active star, although one who has spent a lot of time carefully crafting his screen image and a wonderfully rich filmography since he big screen debut in the [...]

February 21, 2021

Sydney Pollack Sets Up The Shot With Robert Redford On The Set Of THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR

Sydney Pollack’s Three Days Of The Condor is 1970s cinema at its finest and the Christmas setting helps add some wintry chills to proceedings. The 1975 paranoia thriller is almost flawless and it features Robert Redford at his most [...]

April 15, 2020

Robert Redford, Brad Pitt & Tony Scott On The Set Of SPY GAME

Nobody shot action quite like the late Tony Scott. He was a first rate visual artist who managed to put his stamp on the Hollywood action movie, delivering a style that was copied by many, but never matched. Smoky visuals and orange filters were [...]

April 7, 2020

The Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century…So Far

Movies In Focus was inspired to put together a Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century list after reading the recent piece in Empire which listed the top movies of the century as voted for by the magazine’s readers. It was a pretty damning list [...]

January 21, 2020

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