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Teaser & Poster: Movies In Focus Really Wants Tom Cruise’s MUMMY

Movies In Focus spends a lot of time slamming big budget movies and talking about how we don’t get enough quality. I know that, you know that – but deep, deep down I really do enjoy a good old-fashioned balls-out blockbuster. The Mummy looks [...]

December 3, 2016

Born Again Actors: Alternative Hollywood Careers

It’s no secret that many actors feel they were born to act; that they wouldn’t know what they’d do if they couldn’t go on set or grace the silver screen any longer. Actors such as former child star turned cinematic chameleon Daniel Radcliffe [...]

October 26, 2016

DVD Review: ODD THOMAS Tries Hard To Be Quirky – And Fails

The release of Odd Thomas was delayed due to legal wrangles and the film arrives on DVD with little fanfare, despite the fact that it was directed by Stephen Sommers, the man responsible for The Mummy and Van Helsing. It’s a film that tries hard [...]

March 9, 2014

Blu-ray Review: THE MUMMY Is Classic Hammer Horror

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee lead the cast in Terence Fisher’s 1959 horror, The Mummy. It’s a classy and luscious looking film that uses Universal’s Mummy movies for inspiration, while giving it that unmistakeable Hammer feel. The action [...]

October 12, 2013

1999: A Movie Year In Review (Part Two)

Welcome to Part 2 of our 1999 Movie Retrospective. The final year of the last century was one hell of a cinematic ride and it offered some outstanding films for lovers of cinema. Now be aware that this is not a definitive list of the films released [...]

May 15, 2012

Brendan Fraser Sues Producer of Failed WILLIAM TELL Movie

Brendan Fraser has launched a lawsuit over a failed attempt to bring the legend of William Tell to the screen in 3D. The suit, aimed at producer Todd Moyer states that Fraser is seeking a minimum of $3 million. The Mummy star was first offered the [...]

May 11, 2012

Kurtzman & Orci To Reboot THE MUMMY And VAN HELSING Tom Cruise Attached To Star

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will be producing Universal Pictures’ reboot of The Mummy franchise and a reboot of the failed 2004 Hugh Jackman franchise non-starter Van Helsing. What’s surprising about the latter is that it has Tom Cruise [...]

May 1, 2012