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Review: Tom Cruise Flies Into The Danger Zone In TOP GUN

It’s preposterous and everything about it is style over substance, but Tony Scott‘s Top Gun is hugely entertaining popcorn fare – and it continues to rock and roll 40 years on. Tom Cruise takes to the skies in this energetic [...]

May 16, 2026

Review: Tom Cruise Is At His Best In TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Few would have expected it, but Top Gun: Maverick is one of the best mainstream Hollywood action films in a long, long time. Forget your Marvel Cinematic Universe of your DC Extended Universe, Tom Cruise knows how to give audiences the tangible top [...]

May 13, 2026

Behind The Scenes: Tom Cruise & Steven Spielberg On The Set Of MINORITY REPORT

In a career filled with many great films, Minority Report stands as one of director Steven Spielberg‘s finest efforts. Visually impressive, energetically propulsive and complexly plotted – it’s a cinematic blockbuster with a [...]

September 28, 2024

Review: GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE -There’s Shameless Fan Pandering, But Who You Gonna Call?

Nostalgia is a hot commodity. For years it helped drive a large section of the music industry and in recent years it’s taken a firm grip on Hollywood. Legacy sequels are an IP to mined and the studios have gotten out their pick axes and gone to [...]

March 29, 2024

Tom Cruise Signs A Deal With Warner Bros. & TOP GUN 3 Is In The Works

The mighty Tom Cruise shows no sign of slowing down. The star has just inked a non-exclusive deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (which they’re calling a ‘strategic partnership’) that will see him make a range of films for the studio. [...]

January 13, 2024

Notebook Reviews: TOP GUN

Tony Scott – 1986 Feel the need for speed. It’s totally preposterous and everything is style over substance, but Tony Scott‘s Top Gun is hugely captivating popcorn fare. Tom Cruise takes to the skies in this energetic aeronautical [...]

November 5, 2023

Review: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE Is A Spy Pic With All The Right Moves

The Mission: Impossible franchise returns with a serious bang in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One. Director Christopher McQuarrie once again shows that he’s the master of heart-pounding espionage thrillers – delivering set [...]

July 20, 2023

15 Things To Know Before Seeing MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One hits cinema screens around the globe this week. The seventh instalment in the long-running spy franchise once again sees Tom Cruise conduct gravity-defying stunts as intrepid IMF agent Ethan Hunt. [...]

July 5, 2023

Trailer & Poster: Tom Cruise Is Back As Ethan Hunt In MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

This summer Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Cruise once again pushes himself to the limit on the film, performing all kinds of impossible stunts – just look at that bike jump! If [...]

May 17, 2023

Tom Cruise Gets The Drop In The New Poster For MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE

In 2022, Tom Cruise saved cinema with the massive success of the magnificent Top Gun: Maverick. He’ll be back busting blocks in 2023 with Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One. The seventh and allegedly penultimate instalment in the [...]

March 14, 2023

OSCARS 2023: A Full List Of The 95th Academy Awards Nominations

Movies In Focus is just going to say this up front – I want Top Gun: Maverick to win Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards. The reason being is that it’s a crowd pleaser – a movie. A Hollywood movie. It deserves to win. It would [...]

January 24, 2023

Review: Tom Cruise Delivers Sky-High Entertainment With TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Without a doubt Top Gun: Maverick delivers one of the best mainstream Hollywood action films of the last several years. Forget your Avengers or Justice Leagues, Tom Cruise shows how to give audiences the type of entertainment that they’ve [...]

November 18, 2022

Remembering The Great Tony Scott

Director Tony Scott was born on June 21st 1944. He followed in the footsteps of his older brother, director Ridley Scott, by attending Art College. He then made his way into the advertising industry, working for his brother’s company, Ridley [...]

August 19, 2022

Podcast – Episode 20: Lorne Balfe Talks About Composing The Music For TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Actors, writers, directors and producers all have key roles in production – but one of the most important aspects in a film is the musical score – a score can literally make or break a film. Composer Lorne Balfe joins the Movies In [...]

June 10, 2022

Notebook Reviews: INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

Neil Jordan – 1994. Neil Jordan‘s Interview With The Vampire is a great looking gothic horror, which just about holds the attention. All the elements are there, but Jordan’s film lacks bite! Tom Cruise goes against type as the [...]

October 16, 2021

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

Notebook Reviews: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2

John Woo – 2000. Mission: Impossible 2 is an enjoyable and slick action sequel. Stylistically, this John Woo directed film is very different from Brian De Palma’s 1996 original – but it manages to be great in its own way. Tom [...]

September 5, 2021

Notebook Reviews: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE

Brian De Palma – 1996. Mission: Impossible sees Brian De Palma take the classic 1960s spy series and update it for the 1990s. It’s an incredibly stylish piece of big screen espionage, which has echoes of the genres ’60s origins. [...]

August 22, 2021

Notebook Reviews: MAGNOLIA

Paul Thomas Anderson – 1999 Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Magnolia is a modern movie masterpiece. This is a unique and interesting piece of cinema which delivers in every way. It’s long – but the story unfolds in [...]

August 7, 2021

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7 Halts Production Following Positive COVID-19 Test

The seventh entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise has halted shooting in the UK. after at least one member of the production tested positive for COVID-19. Filming on the Christopher McQuarrie directed sequel will until 14 June – at [...]

June 5, 2021

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