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The Genius Of Bill Paxton

The great Bill Paxton was a pleasure to watch. Paxton was an actor who straddled the line between leading man and character actor and he was adept at comedy and drama, starring in movies and TV shows, in roles small and large. I went through a [...]

February 25, 2022

Review: Adam Wingard’s THE GUEST Entertains Like A VHS-Era Thriller

A lean and mean thriller, director Adam Wingard‘s 2014 film The Guest is a hugely entertaining affair. Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett keep this retro-style pic simple, delivering a quick set-up in order to craft some tense moments and [...]

October 31, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

When you look at how action cinema evolved in the 1980s, it’s very now clear that Escape From New York is one of the films which helped to establish the template for the muscular action hero. John Carpenter’s 1981 film (his second of many [...]

October 16, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN

From the panaglide-shot opening, John Carpenter‘s 1978 horror film, Halloween is all about atmosphere. Carpenter creates tension as we creep through a family home, seeing through the eyes of a young Michal Myers. It’s an iconic moment and [...]

October 14, 2021

The Mighty Charlton Heston

The words icon and legend are bandied about a great deal in modern society. Most of the time they mean nothing or at the very least they are simple hyperbole. However, when these words are used to describe Charlton Heston they come across as an [...]

October 4, 2021

Notebook Reviews: DANTE’S PEAK

Roger Donaldson – 1997 There’s plenty of fun to be had with Roger Donaldson‘s Dante’s Peak. This volcano disaster movie has excellent special effects and the film has a brilliant sense of tone and setting. Pierce Brosnan and [...]

July 5, 2021

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY Is 30 Years Old

For better or for worse, James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day helped usher in the age of CGI-fueled blockbusters when it was released back in 1991. The liquid metal effects of the T-1000 showed audiences a brave new cinematic world and [...]

July 4, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Arnold Schwarzenegger & Linda Hamilton On The Set Of TERMINATOR: DARK FATE

David Ellison’s Skydance Media bought the Terminator rights and in 2015, Terminator Genisys (read the review) attempted to reboot the franchise, riffing on Cameron’s 1984 original and bringing back Arnold Schwarzenegger to his trademark [...]

June 8, 2021

James Cameron’s TERMINATOR

James Cameron’s 1984 breakthrough movie, The Terminator was a tight and lean scI-fi/thriller – a film that played much like a horror. Schwarzenegger’s unstoppable robotic force was a terrifying villain that couldn’t be reasoned with. It [...]

June 6, 2021

Behind The Scenes Photograph From HALLOWEEN Shows The Shape In The Kitchen

The success of John Carpenter’s Halloween in 1978 inspired a slew of imitators (and sequels) throughout the 1980’s, but none would come close to matching the genius of Carpenter’s taut film. With very little gore, the film relies on [...]

October 17, 2020

Notebook Reviews: THE TERMINATOR

James Cameron – 1984 The Terminator is tight, taut and tense. James Cameron‘s low budget actioner is near perfect. The 1984 scf-fi thriller marked the first collaboration between the director and Arnold Schwarzenegger and the duo have [...]

October 14, 2020

Trailer & Poster For Gritty Superhero Action Film ARCHENEMY Starring Joe Manganiello

This trailer for Archenemy has piqued Movies In Focus‘ interested. I’m getting hints of The Punisher, The Terminator and Unbreakable from this Joe Manganiello starring pic. It looks gritty, brutal and fun. Skylan Brooks, Zolee [...]

October 7, 2020

Notebook Reviews: VIRUS

John Bruno – 1999 Virus is a highly derivative sci-fi/horror which hardly breaks new ground – but having said that, it’s schlocky B-movie fun. A cross between Alien, Terminator and Deep Rising, the film is directed by former [...]

September 22, 2020

Behind The Scenes: James Cameron & Arnold Schwarzenegger On The Set Of TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY

James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day is still as thrilling today was it was as it was when it was first released in 1991. The then ground-breaking CGI effects help augment a tremendous amount of practical work to create a near flawlessly [...]

September 18, 2020

Watch The Music Video For REACH From Bill Paxton’s Band Martini Ranch – Directed By James Cameron!

There’s a billion things which have passed Movies In Focus by – but I didn’t seem to know that the mighty Bill Paxton was in a band called Martini Ranch (alongside Andrew Todd Rosenthal) – and I definitely didn’t [...]

September 17, 2020

Arnold Schwarzenegger & Stan Winston’s Genius Practical Effects On The Set Of THE TERMINATOR

Made for just $6.5 million, James Cameron’s The Terminator would go on to gross over $78 million when it was released in 1984. The film made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star and spawned a somewhat patchy franchise. Cameron’s film is a superb [...]

December 14, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Second Sight Films Delivers A Brilliant Package For Cyber Thriller UPGRADE

Upgrade seemed to come and go on its cinematic release in 2018 before hitting the home entertainment realm with little fanfare. It sure passed me by and I would like to think that the film’s new re-release from Second Sight Films will see the it [...]

November 28, 2019

Review: TERMINATOR: DARK FATE Resets The Timeline And Delivers The Best Franchise Entry Since T2

The Terminator franchise has been pretty uneven since Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released back in 1991. This shift in quality is because James Cameron jumped ship and no one with the same talent was able to pilot the series, with a revolving [...]

October 27, 2019

Mayhem Film Festival 2019: Days One & Two

The Mayhem Film Festival returned in outstanding fashion for its 15th incarnation. The 2019 festival, which screens at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema offered a great selection of genre films over its first two days – most of which were [...]

October 12, 2019

New TERMINATOR: DARK FATE Trailer Ticks All The Right Boxes

Movies In Focus was seriously underwhelmed by the first trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate. It lacked cohesion, mojo and Arnold Schwarzenegger. And we won’t even talk about the music choice. However, this new trailer for the James Cameron [...]

August 31, 2019

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