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Remembering Renny Harlin’s DEEP BLUE SEA Starring Thomas Jane & Samuel L. Jackson

Renny Harlin’s Deep Blue Sea scored $75 million in the US and $164 globally (from a $60 million budget) following its release on 28 July 1999. That’s a very good number for an original property released over 20 years ago. [...]

July 28, 2021

Notebook Reviews: KING ARTHUR

Antoine Fuqua – 2004 King Arthur is a hugely disappointing production from the usually very reliable Jerry Bruckheimer. This Antoine Fuqua directed film is a terrible cinematic interpretation of the Arthurian legend. The visuals are bland, the [...]

June 18, 2021

Brosnan, Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan turned 68 years old on 16 May 2021. Suave, debonair, charismatic and a great actor, Pierce Brosnan has the perfect combination of what makes a true movie star. Brosnan spent the best part of the ’80s and early ’90s alternating [...]

May 16, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Marius Holst’s THE KING OF DEVIL’S ISLAND

The King of Devil’s Island is a Norwegian drama from director Marius Holst. The 2010 film is set in Bastøy, a boy’s prison on an island off Oslo, which is governed by Stellan Skarsgård’s Håkon. The plot tells the true story of the [...]

April 14, 2021

Review: Andrea Bræin Hovig & Stellan Skarsgård Star In Maria Sødahl’s Stunning HOPE

Hope is a semi-autobiographical piece of cinema from writer-director Maria Sødahl. The Norwegian filmmaker’s last film was 2011’s Limbo and Sødahl took a long hiatus following its release after she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Hope is [...]

April 13, 2021

Movies In Focus Jumps The Shark On DEEP BLUE SEA – THE PODCAST

Regular readers will know that Movies In Focus is a huge of Renny Harlin‘s Deep Blue Sea. I’ve often said that the 1999 shark attack actioner is a stone cold cult classic and that Harlin is a director who knows how to play-up the [...]

February 10, 2021

Water, Water Everywhere: Renny Harlin Directs The Action On The Set Of 1999’s Killer Shark Actioner DEEP BLUE SEA

Nobody has an appreciation of Renny Harlin’s Deep Blue Sea like Movies In Focus. Renny Harlin‘s 1999 shark attack actioner is a stone cold cult classic. Harlin is a director who knows how to play-up the film’s far-fetched moments and [...]

June 14, 2020

MAMMA MIA! Pierce Brosnan Sings ABBA’s SOS

Phyllida Lloyd’s Mamma Mia! is an excellent jukebox musical that pulls on ABBA’s music and the 2008 film’s classy cast give it their all. Movies In Focus was originally cynical of the film, but i grew to appreciate Mamma Mia. Yes [...]

June 2, 2020

Spice World The Movie: A Whole Host Of Images From Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE

The global shutdown caused by Coronavirus/COVID-19 means that there’s a real dearth of movie news out there. However, god bless Denis Villeneuve and the marketing peeps behind his forthcoming science fiction spectacle, Dune. They’ve [...]

April 14, 2020

Get A Look At Timothée Chalamet In DUNE

Here’s the first official look at Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune (courtesy of Vanity Fair). The film, based on the Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel is a huge task for the Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 [...]

April 13, 2020

The 2020 Golden Globes Full Nominations List

It’s easy to become cynical when you write about movies. You get to see the good, the bad and the ugly and sometimes that makes you jaded. However, there’s nothing like watching quality movies succeed and when you see the list of [...]

December 9, 2019

UK Trailer For Terry Gilliam’s THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE

Like many, Movies In Focus has been reading about director Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote for the last 20 years. In many ways, I still can’t believe that it exists considering the many disasters which have befallen the [...]

December 7, 2019

Review: The Powerful CHERNOBYL Embraces Subtlety Over Spectacle

Writer Craig Mazin’s Chernobyl is something of a subtle masterpiece. This five-part series about one of mankind’s greatest disasters could have gone down the tried and tested disaster movie road, throwing well worn tropes at viewers as a way of [...]

July 6, 2019

Trailer & Poster For Stanley Kubrick/Leon Vitali Documentary FILMWORKER

Film buffs and cineasts will rejoice at the prospect of the Stanley Kubrick/Leon Vitali documentary Filmworker. The film, from director Tony Zierra delves deep into the relationship between the famed director and his [...]

April 24, 2018

New Trailer & Poster: MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN Doesn’t Hit The Right Notes

Nobody will defend 2008’s Mamma Mia like Movies In Focus. It’s an excellent jukebox musical that pulls on ABBA’s music and the classy cast give it their all. I was all set for Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, but this new trailer [...]

January 25, 2018

Trailer: MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN – You Know You Want It!

Movies In Focus is man enough to admit that I enjoyed Mamma Mia! It was a fun and energetic musical, stacked with great tunes. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, the ten years later follow-up seems to be more of the same – but the subtext from this [...]

December 23, 2017

MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN

Movies In Focus started out a cynic, but grew to appreciate Mamma Mia. Yes it’s silly, but it really does work as a piece of entertainment and the cast fully commit to proceedings. Heck, I’ll even admit to owning the soundtrack – just for [...]

May 20, 2017

Melancholy Movie Marvels

Cinema has the ability to cast a spell over its audience, to keep our eyes firmly gripped to the screen and not want to even blink for fear of missing something special. What is even stranger is when that is the case despite being transported to a [...]

May 2, 2017

Blu-ray Review: OUR KIND OF TRAITOR – Tinker Tailor Boring Spy

John le Carré has now become something of a movie and TV brand following the recent success of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Night Manager. Our Kind Of Traitor is the latest le Carré tale to be adapted to the screen though it lacks a certain [...]

September 3, 2016

All Star Trailer For John Le Carré’s OUR KIND OF TRAITOR

This is the first trailer for the screen adaptation of John le Carré’s Our Kind Of Traitor. Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgard, Damian Lewis and Naomie Harris star in this thriller from director Susanna White and screenwriter Hossein Amini. This [...]

March 29, 2016

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