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Behind The Scenes: Arnold Schwarzenegger & Director Jee-Woon Kim On The Set Of THE LAST STAND

2013’s The Last Stand is constructed around Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mighty frame. He’s the force at the centre of the action, but not always the focus. The film’s impressive supporting cast (Forrest Whitaker, Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman, [...]

August 31, 2021

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s AFTERMATH Prepares To Take Flight

Movies In Focus has been loving Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s post-Governor output. He’s been delivering great performance after great performance (The Last Stand, Sabotage, Escape Plan, Maggie). The Darren Aronofsky produced Aftermath seems [...]

February 8, 2017

The TERMINATOR Franchise Is Terminated

It looks like the follow-up to Terminator Genisys has been scraped. Paramount Pictures has pulled the film (called er…Terminator 2 by Variety) from a planned May 19, 2017 release and dropped a third film from a June 29, 2018 debut. The news comes [...]

January 21, 2016

Corking Trailer For Arnold Schwarzenegger Zombie Drama MAGGIE

I’ve been pretty thrilled with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie choices ever since he left public office. The box office of these may not be huge – but he’s been turning in some great performances (the best of his career) in Escape Plan, [...]

March 26, 2015

Brett Ratner To Direct MIDNIGHT RUN 2 – I’m Okay With That!

Much despised director Brett Ratner is set to direct the sequel to Robert DeNiro’s 1988 film Midnight Run. David Elliot & Paul Lovett have been hired to re-write the script, and while many will be furious at Ratner’s appointment – I’m [...]

March 22, 2015

Audiences Should Embrace Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies – Not Ignore Them

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a legend. He’s an epic cinematic titan who became a box office behemoth in the 1980s and 1990s. He then cast his attention to politics, becoming the governor of California in 2003. Schwarzenegger left office in 2011, [...]

March 29, 2014

Blu-ray Review: ESCAPE PLAN Is Filled With Male Pattern Badness

Action fans have waited decades for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone to team-up, sure they shared the screen in The Expendables movies, but they were only the hors d’œuvre – Escape Plan is the main meal. It’s a [...]

March 16, 2014

DVD Review: Arnold Schwarzenegger In THE LAST STAND

The Last Stand is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first lead movie role in almost a decade. Fans of The Austrian Oak will not be disappointed – as it’s also his best film since True Lies in 1994. Schwarzenegger plays Ray Owens, the sheriff of [...]

May 24, 2013