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Uncovering Curiosities: Taylor Sheridan’s WIND RIVER

The Yellowstone creator Talor Sheridan’s 2017 film, Wind River takes the classic tropes of a western and updates them to deliver an exceptional modern-day thriller. Sheridan’s film works best if you know very little about it, so try to [...]

November 18, 2021

Johnny Depp’s MORTDECAI Was Never Given A Chance

Johnny Depp’s performances have become synonymous with silly costumes and even sillier accents. Both of these affectations are present and correct in Mortdecai but they add to the 2015 film’s overall general over-the-top tone. David [...]

October 21, 2020

Chadwick Boseman Dies Aged 43

Actor Chadwick Boseman has died at the age of 43. The actor had been privately battling colon cancer since 2016 and he finally lost his fight with the disease on 28 August, 2020. Born in South Carolina on 29 November 1977, Boseman was best known for [...]

August 29, 2020

Academy Awards 2020: Joker Leads The Oscar Pack

It’s not really a surprise that the multi-award winning, billion dollar grossing Joker is leading the pack with 11 nominations at the 2020 Academy Awards. If I were a betting man, I’d say that Joaquin Phoenix is a lock to win the Best [...]

January 14, 2020

AVENGERS: ENDGAME Opening Breaks Box Office Records

I’ve been keeping an eye on box office numbers since 1991 when Terminator 2: Judgment Day hit the screen. I’ve seen records set and broken but I have to admit that even I’m surprised at the mind-boggling grosses Avengers: Endgame is racking [...]

April 28, 2019

Who Will Avenge Us? A Cinematic Endgame

Movies In Focus finally caught J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier on Netflix. It’s a great flick. Who doesn’t want an entertaining tough hombre heist movie? It’s a guys on a mission, neo-western. Swap a helicopter for a stagecoach [...]

April 15, 2019

No Más: AVENGERS: ENDGAME Trailer

I can’t take it anymore. I’m tired, exhausted and unable to continue with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The fans will be there of course but I’m bailing on Avengers: Endgame. No more.  Billions of dollars will be banked and then [...]

December 11, 2018

Beware Robert Downey Jr’s THE VOYAGE OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE

Does anyone think that The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle is going to be anything other than terrible? It’s another disappointingly safe paycheque gig for Robert Downey Jr, who should using his Avengers clout to spread his creative wings rather [...]

March 28, 2018

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