the dark knight

The Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century…So Far

Movies In Focus was inspired to put together a Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century list after reading the recent piece in Empire which listed the top movies of the century as voted for by the magazine’s readers. It was a pretty damning list [...]

January 21, 2020

Empire Magazine’s 100 Greatest Movies Of The Century Features A Lot Of Serious Duds

Taste is an interesting thing. Everyone is entitled to their opinion of course, but some people simply don’t have good taste. They’d rather eat at McDonalds than a good restaurant. This list of Empire Magazine’s 100 films of the [...]

January 18, 2020

MOST Comic Book Superhero Movies Aren’t Cinema

There’s currently a war raging. There are those who believe that comic book superhero movies aren’t cinema in the truest sense of the word and there are those who believe these movies are wonderful examples of what the art of the [...]

November 13, 2019

Did You Catch These Easter Eggs in THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE?

The Lego Batman Movie (read the Movies In Focus review) is chock-full of hidden jokes and nods towards other franchises, and even other incarnations of the Caped Crusader! As The Lego Batman Movie is now available on Blu-ray and DVD, let’s delve [...]

June 19, 2017

Review: Zack Snyder’s BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Delivers

This review contains spoilers for Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Zack Snyder ends decades of anticipation and finally brings both Batman and Superman together for the first time on the big screen with Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. If [...]

March 26, 2016

Aaron Eckhart To Star In Real Time Thriller LIVE!

Hollywood doesn’t know what to do with Aaron Eckhart. That’s a damn shame because he’s a great actor, who has the potential to be a huge star. He may be play second-fiddle in big studio movies (The Dark Knight, Olympus Has Fallen) but in the [...]

June 27, 2015

Review: Daniel Craig Is James Bond In SKYFALL

Skyfall is a great movie, not just a great James Bond movie, but a film which stands on its own outside of the long running film series. Daniel Craig’s third outing as James Bond is his best yet (even though I was a big fan of the unfairly [...]

October 28, 2012

Review: Christopher Nolan Concludes His Batman Trilogy With THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

The Dark Knight Rises is a film which has been released under a huge amount of scrutiny and expectation. The considerable (and at the time) unprecedented success of The Dark Knight meant that Christopher Nolan’s latest (and concluding) Bat-film [...]

July 26, 2012

A Report From The UK Premiere Of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

The Dark Knight Rises is a cinematic event. It is the final instalment of Christopher Nolan‘s Batman trilogy, the epic conclusion to events first started in 2005’s Batman Begins. The franchise reached a new level of excitement with the [...]

July 21, 2012

THE AVENGERS Makes A Bang At The Box Office; Biggest Opening Weekend Ever!

Marvel’s mighty The Avengers made a Hulk style smash at the box office on Friday – scoring about $80 million worth of green – the second biggest day ever. The rest of the weekend is shaping up to be the biggest opening weekend ever! It [...]

May 5, 2012

Shadows Of The Dark Knight: The History of Batman – Part 3 of 3

This is the third in a three part series covering the history of Batman which is an extension of my notes from a talk that I gave on Batman at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema at the time of The Dark Knight‘s release. Read Parts One and Two [...]

March 21, 2012

Shadows Of The Dark Knight: The History of Batman – Part 2 of 3

This is the second in a three part series covering the history of Batman which is an extension of my notes from a talk that I gave on Batman at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema at the time of The Dark Knight‘s release. Read Parts One and [...]

March 20, 2012