the untouchables

Movies In Focus Selects The Top 10 Kevin Costner Films

Movies In Focus readers will know that I’m a huge fan of the mighty Kevin Costner – I even had the pleasure of meeting him on the set of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Therefore it was an absolute joy to join the The Top 10 Of Anything [...]

March 8, 2023

Ennio Morricone – Remembering A Maestro

The great Ennio Morricone died on July 6 2020 at the age of 91 years old. The Italian film was probably best known for his work with Sergio Leone, the most famous being the 1966 Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly [...]

July 6, 2022

CLOSED Competition: Win THE BATMAN On Blu-ray

Unmask the truth behind Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne with The Batman, now on Digital Download and 4K, Blu-ray and DVD on 13th June, and to celebrate its release Movies In Focus has two [...]

June 8, 2022

Review: THE BATMAN Is A Refreshing But Flawed Take On The Dark Knight

The Batman is the latest big screen incarnation of Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s iconic comic book hero. Over the last 30-odd years there have been multiple film takes on Batman from Tim Burton’s brooding gothic noir and Joel Schumacher’s [...]

March 8, 2022

Brian De Palma – Master Of Suspense

The great Brian De Palma was born on 11 September 1940. He has always been a director that defies convention. He’s an outsider that managed to get into the Hollywood system and subvert it. In the early days his love of the thriller led to him [...]

September 11, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Brian De Palma’s DOMINO

Any Brian De Palma is better than no Brian De Palma. That’s the way to look at any film from one of cinema’s greatest thriller directors. However, it’s a serious shame that 2019’s Domino feels like the master has had his edges [...]

September 11, 2021

Remembering The Great Sean Connery

Born Thomas Sean Connery on 25 August 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Connery was a bodybuilder before taking to a career in acting in the 1950s. He started on stage before early roles in films such as On The Fiddle and Darby O’Gill And [...]

August 25, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Gritty ’70s Italian Thriller SILENT ACTION

Sergio Martino’s Silent Action is a brilliantly layered Italian thriller from 1975. Taken on a superficial level, you might be fooled into thinking that Martino’s film is a Roman Dirty Harry, but this has much more depth than simply being just [...]

April 24, 2021

Obituary: Sean Connery 1930 – 2020

Sean Connery has died at the age of 90 years old at his home in the Bahamas. The Scottish acting icon won an Oscar, two Bafta awards and three Golden Globes over the course his career. Born Thomas Sean Connery on 25 August 1930 in Edinburgh, [...]

October 31, 2020

The Legendary Ennio Morricone Dies At The Age Of 91

The great Ennio Morricone has died at the age of 91. The Italian film composer sadly passed away in Rome following complications from a fall. Morricone was probably best known for his work with Sergio Leone, the most famous being the 1966 Clint [...]

July 6, 2020

Never Forget The Great Success Of Kevin Costner’s DANCES WITH WOLVES

After a run of box office hits throughout the 1980s, which included The Untouchables and Field Of Dreams, Kevin Costner decided to turn to directing, turning down big acting paydays in films like the role of Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October [...]

June 28, 2020

Bond And Beyond: The Career Of Sean Connery

Sean Connery has always had a strength and maturity buried deep within every character he has ever played; a resonance that adds an important layer to every role. He originated the character of James Bond on the big screen and it’s hard to [...]

May 25, 2020

Review: Brian De Palma’s DOMINO Is A Disappointing Dud

Any Brian De Palma is better than no Brian De Palma. That’s the way to look at any film from one of cinema’s greatest thriller directors. However, it’s a serious shame that Domino feels like the master has had his edges shaved, leaving [...]

July 30, 2019

Behind The Scenes: THE UNTOUCHABLES Takes On The Odessa Steps

Brian De Palma’s riff in The Untouchables on the Odessa Steps sequence from Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 film The Battleship Potemkin is the highlight in a movie filled with many great moments. Here’s a behind-the-scenes image [...]

January 29, 2019

Review: Ben Affleck’s LIVE BY NIGHT Is A Muscular Gangster Thriller

Tommy guns, bootleggers, fedoras and molls – Ben Affleck’s Live By Night has everything you would want from a 1930s gangster drama. This adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel is a love letter to Warner Bros’ golden age of gangster movies [...]

January 16, 2017

DE PALMA Gets UK Distribution; Check Out The Poster And Trailer

Brian De Palma is an auteur, a man only interested in making ‘Brian De Palma movies’. Those movies may be filled with all sorts of excess and violence, but they’re unmistakably the work of one man’s singular vision. Movies In Focus’ [...]

May 11, 2016

Interview: Kevin Costner Talks Hollywood, His Career And JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT

Kevin Costner is one of Hollywood’s great leading men, anchoring films like The Untouchables and Field of Dreams with his easy-going everyman charm. As an actor he has thrilled audiences in a variety of big movies such as Robin Hood: Prince of [...]

January 6, 2014

Sean Connery: Movie Star

Sean Connery is one of the great all-time movie stars. The Scottish actor has always had a strength and maturity buried deep within every character he has ever played; a resonance that adds an important layer to every role. He originated the [...]

August 25, 2013

DVD Review: Brian De Palma’s PASSION Has More Clunk Than Kink

Brian De Palma’s Passion is a return to his ‘80s erotic thriller heyday. However, the master of suspense appears to have lost his touch and Passion fails to hit the mark. Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace star as a pair of advertising executives, [...]

August 4, 2013