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DVD Review: ROBOT OVERLORDS With Gillian Anderson And Ben Kingsley Is Like An ‘80s Amblin Movie

Robot Overlords is a fun British movie that plays like a distant cousin of something from Steven Spielberg’s beloved Amblin production company. It might not quite have the budget to match the big Hollywood blockbusters but it does feature [...]

August 6, 2015

New Mad Men Style Poster For Steven Spielberg’s BRIDGE OF SPIES

1960s-set spy movie Bridge of Spies has been keeping a low profile. That’s odd for a movie directed by Steven Spielberg, written by the Coens and starring Tom Hanks. Having said that – this ‘60s style movie poster is pretty neat. It has [...]

July 27, 2015

Obituary: Christopher Lee 1922 – 2015

<> on August 7, 2013 in Locarno, Switzerland. Christopher Lee died on 7 June 2015 from respiratory problems and heart failure. He was 93 years old. Few actors have had an impact on so many generations in the way that Lee did. The tall, dark [...]

June 11, 2015

A Noble Trailer For Steven Spielberg’s BRIDGE OF SPIES – Is It Too Noble?

This trailer for Bridge Of Spies delivers what you want from a Tom Hanks movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Maybe it’s a touch too predictable. Hanks is bringing his best everyman to the table and the tale seems noble. It may be too early to tell [...]

June 6, 2015

New Poster For Steven Spielberg’s BRIDGE OF SPIES Starring Tom Hanks

Here’s the new poster for the latest Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg team-up Bridge of Spies. This is the type of marketing you’d expect from a film with this pedigree (Joel and Ethan Coen co-wrote it). It’s classy but not too spectacular – [...]

June 5, 2015

DVD Review: Do Clint Eastwood And Bradley Cooper Hit The Target With AMERICAN SNIPER?

Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper charts the military career or Chris Kyle, ‘the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history’. It’s a well composed war drama with a muscular central performance from Bradley Cooper. It doesn’t break new [...]

May 17, 2015

What If MAN OF STEEL Was In Colour? A Cinematic Pause For Thought

The internet is awash with memes, recuts and other assorted wastes of time. I originally thought the video ‘What If Man Of Steel Was In Colour?’ would be another unworthy addition to the list. Then I watched it and it made me think…. that’s [...]

April 25, 2015

PAN Teaser Poster – Is Peter Pan Getting Old?

Warner Bros is betting big that Pan hits the mark. This big budget prequel to J.M. Barrie’s enduring tale needs to be something special in order to surpass the Disney cartoon and add something new to the tale that hasn’t been covered in [...]

April 16, 2015

Steven Spielberg’s BRIDGE OF SPIES Out In October; Thomas Newman Replaces John Williams As Composer

It’s a little odd that Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies has flown under-the-radar for so long. After all the film stars Tom Hanks and it was written by Joel and Ethan Coen (with help from Mattt Charman). Maybe it’s because until recently it [...]

March 21, 2015

Steven Spielberg Wants To Direct The INDIANA JONES Reboot With Chris Pratt

A reboot/remake/rehash of Indiana Jones is going to happen – that’s a dead cert at this point and Disney (and Lucasfilm) is eager to replace Harrison Ford with Chris Pratt as everyone’s favourite whip-cracking archaeologist. At the [...]

February 21, 2015

Just Accept It: Disney Wants Chris Pratt To Replace Harrison Ford As INDIANA JONES

It looks likes Chris Pratt is going to be Indiana Jones. Disney has handed over a lot of cash to pick up the rights to everyone’s favourite archaeologist and while Harrison Ford is game to crack the whip one last time, the mouse house will want [...]

January 29, 2015

The Rise Of Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul

Aaron Paul burst onto television screens in 2008 in the multi Golden Globe award winning series Breaking Bad. Along with Bryan Cranston’s chemistry-teacher-come-drug-lord ‘Heisenberg’, Paul’s drug dealer Jesse Pinkman is one half of the most [...]

January 12, 2015

Hugh Jackman Tackles The Lost Boys In The First Trailer For Joe Wright’s PAN

Does the world really need another version of Peter Pan? Warner Bros seems to think so, pumping a lot of cash into Pan, prequel tale which show Peter facing-off against Hugh Jackman’s Blackbeard Director Joe Wright brings some impressive visual [...]

November 26, 2014

The Park Is Open As The JURASSIC WORLD Trailer Hits

Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park opened in 1993 and changed how blockbusters were made, shifting the focus from plot to CGI spectacle. 2015 sees Jurassic World continue the franchise, 14 years after Jurassic Park III appeared to end it with [...]

November 26, 2014

Top 10 Big-Screen Robots

Robots have been a part of cinema since its creation and still make for intriguing on-screen presences. With RoboCop set for release on 9 June 2014, Movies in Focus counts down the most memorable movie cyborgs to have graced our screens. Evil [...]

June 4, 2014

Disney And Paramount Reach A Deal That Makes INDIANA JONES 5 Likely

I have a lot of good things to say about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I know many people don’t – but hey, that’s the way of the world. The sale of Lucasfilm to Disney has already seen Star Wars returning to the big [...]

December 7, 2013

MediCinema And Vue Entertainment Bring Back INDIANA JONES

Cinematic charity MediCinema is joining forces with Vue Entertainment to bring the first three Indiana Jones films back to the big screen over the course of three weeks. There will also be a charity gala event in London’s West End on Sunday [...]

November 4, 2013

DVD Review: The Truth Is Out There With DARK SKIES

Dark Skies is an enjoyable little science fiction chiller. It’s not startlingly original, but enough time has passed since the mid-nineties, post X-Files glut of alien abduction stories to feel fresh. Kerri Russell and Josh Hamilton star as a [...]

July 28, 2013

Pondering Movies: The Loss Of The Zeitgeist

The passing of time makes me look fondly at older movies, movies that I saw when I was younger. It is simply getting more and more difficult to find enjoyment in mainstream Hollywood movies. A decade or so ago, films like Cast Away or Vanilla Sky [...]

July 9, 2013

Is Christopher Nolan In Talks To Direct JAMES BOND 24?

Christopher Nolan has made no secret that he’s a fan of the James Bond franchise. The director has liberally lifted elements from the 50 year old film series and used them to inspire some of the best moments in his films – Inception and the [...]

May 18, 2013

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