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Review: Kurt Russell Is Snake Plissken In John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM L.A

Time is a great healer. John Carpenter’s Escape From L.A may not have set the world on fire when it was released back in 1996, but the film has aged incredibly well in the subsequent years. The follow-up to Carpenter’s 1981 classic, Escape From [...]

April 11, 2022

Notebook Reviews: ARMAGEDDON

Michael Bay – 1998 Michael Bay‘s Armageddon is totally preposterous – but it’s great fun. You need to embrace the concept or you’ll never enjoy this Jerry Bruckheimer produced disaster movie. This oil-riggers on an [...]

June 28, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Tim Burton’s Brilliant BIG FISH Is Worth Catching

The films of Tim Burton have often been criticised for being more about style than substance. Critics would say that they feature a lack of humanity, leaning heavily on visuals rather than heart. This cannot be said for 2003’s Big Fish, a [...]

May 3, 2021

Remembering 1991’s Box Office Bomb BILLY BATHGATE Starring Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman & Bruce Willis

Director Robert Benton‘s adaptation of E. L. Doctorow’s acclaimed novel Billy Bathgate was seen as one of the movies to beat in 1991. It appeared to be poised to clean-up at the box office – and on the awards circuit. However, [...]

March 31, 2021

Notebook Reviews: BILLY BATHGATE

Robert Benton – 1991 Robert Benton’s Billy Bathgate was a huge bomb at the box office when it was released in 1991 – and it’s a massive clunker on a narrative level too. Admittedly it’s a very good looking movie – [...]

March 30, 2021

Trailer & Poster: Jim Jarmusch Breathes Life Into The Zombie Movie With THE DEAD DON’T DIE

Jim Jarmusch‘s The Dead Don’t Die is the zombie movie we never knew we wanted or indeed needed. But once you see the trailer for this black-comedy-horror, then you know it’s going to be added to your must-see list for 2019. The [...]

April 1, 2019

CLOSED Competition: WIN A DVD Of Richard Gere Dramedy NORMAN

To celebrate the release of Richard Gere starrer Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer on DVD on October 16 Movies In Focus is giving away copies of the film on DVD to 3 lucky readers. The synopsis: Norman Oppenheimer [...]

October 15, 2017