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Don’t Do It! Tom Hanks To Play Colonel Tom Parker In Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Pic

We can all agree that Tom Hanks is a great actor and he’ll probably turn in an impressive performance as the villainous Colonel Tom Parker in a movie about Elvis Presley. Parker was the man who made Elvis a star, but he was also a machiavelian [...]

March 30, 2019

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: THE POST, THE COMMUTER, BATMAN NINJA & More

This time around: Tom Hanks And Meryl Streep try to take down Nixon in The Post; Liam Neeson should have taken the bus in The Commuter; the Dark Knight goes to Japan in Batman Ninja; Michael Caine takes you through My Generation; venture back to [...]

May 14, 2018

Jeez… Will Smith And Tom Hanks Starring In Tim Burton’s DUMBO For Disney

I like Will Smith, I like Tom Hanks, I like Tim Burton and I like Disney. I really don’t need to see the four of them join forces to bring me a live action version of the 1941 animated film Dumbo. Burton’s a definite but Smith and [...]

January 12, 2017

Tom Wolfe’s THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES Is Coming To Amazon Prime Video

Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities is an epic tome chronicling a diverse set of issues in 1980s New York. Sly, wry and filled with zing, Wolfe’s work is one of the great literary works of the 20th Century. The near 700 page novel (first [...]

October 15, 2016

Trailer For Clint Eastwood’s SULLY Makes An Impressive Landing

I wasn’t sold on the concept of Clint Eastwood‘s Sully to begin with. I admit it’s an impressive true story of how Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger landed a US Airways Flight Hudson River after the plane hit a [...]

July 2, 2016

New Trailer: Tom Hanks And Ron Howard Tackle Dan Brown’s INFERNO

I can’t believe it’s a decade since The Da Vinci Code and seven years since Angels And Demons hit screens. Where does time go? Anyway, Tom Hanks is back as Robert Langdon in Inferno and Ron Howard is once again directing this adaptation [...]

June 23, 2016

Tom Hanks And Ron Howard Tackle Another Dan Brown Mystery In INFERNO

Movies In Focus kinda digs these Tom Hanks/Ron Howard adventures. I like the potboiler aspect to these Dan Brown mysteries – and they don’t make big budget movies like this anymore for grown-ups – I applaud you gentlemen. [...]

May 10, 2016

Robert Langdon Is Back! New Images Of Tom Hanks In Ron Howard’s Dan Brown Adaptation INFERNO

Tom Hanks is back as Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon in Inferno. Ron Howard’s Da Vinci Code/Angels And Demon’s follow-up once again sees Langdon caught-up in a conspiracy that could potentially change the world. These new images give the first [...]

December 30, 2015

New Mad Men Style Poster For Steven Spielberg’s BRIDGE OF SPIES

1960s-set spy movie Bridge of Spies has been keeping a low profile. That’s odd for a movie directed by Steven Spielberg, written by the Coens and starring Tom Hanks. Having said that – this ‘60s style movie poster is pretty neat. It has [...]

July 27, 2015

Enter The Matrix: The Career Of The Wachowski Siblings

The Wachowskis siblings are often described as visionary directors celebrated for their orginaility, creativity and visually stunning work. Jupiter Ascending is undoubtedly unique in an era of remakes and sequels, this is a spectacle that really [...]

June 16, 2015

A Noble Trailer For Steven Spielberg’s BRIDGE OF SPIES – Is It Too Noble?

This trailer for Bridge Of Spies delivers what you want from a Tom Hanks movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Maybe it’s a touch too predictable. Hanks is bringing his best everyman to the table and the tale seems noble. It may be too early to tell [...]

June 6, 2015

New Poster For Steven Spielberg’s BRIDGE OF SPIES Starring Tom Hanks

Here’s the new poster for the latest Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg team-up Bridge of Spies. This is the type of marketing you’d expect from a film with this pedigree (Joel and Ethan Coen co-wrote it). It’s classy but not too spectacular – [...]

June 5, 2015

Steven Spielberg’s BRIDGE OF SPIES Out In October; Thomas Newman Replaces John Williams As Composer

It’s a little odd that Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies has flown under-the-radar for so long. After all the film stars Tom Hanks and it was written by Joel and Ethan Coen (with help from Mattt Charman). Maybe it’s because until recently it [...]

March 21, 2015

Epic Trailer For Ron Howard’s IN THE HEART OF THE SEA With Chris Hemsworth And Cillian Murphy

Ron Howard’s In The Heart Of The Sea looks like a great, old fashioned movie. The type of adventure film Hollywood made before CGI and superheroes. Admittedly, this does appear to feature quite a lot of CGI, but Howard looks to be putting [...]

December 28, 2014

Obituary: Film Director Mike Nichols 1931 – 2014

Mike Nichols, the multi-award-winning film and stage director has died from a heart attack aged 83. The German born Nichols started his career in stand-up, where he partnered with Elaine May (write and direct), before making his directing debut with [...]

November 20, 2014

Blu-ray Review: THE ‘BURBS – There Aren’t Enough Superlatives To Describe This Release

Joe Dante’s The ‘Burbs is a delicious black comedy which focuses on the residents of a small cul-de-sac of Mayfield Place in the fictional town of Hinkley Hills. Strange events soon lead them to believe that their new neighbours are murderers. [...]

September 14, 2014

Review: Tom Hanks Gives A Career Best Performance In CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

Tom Hanks is at the top of his game in Captain Phillips – it’s his best ever performance. It’s the most pure acting that he’s ever given on screen. Usually, Hanks’ high calibre acting roles feature some sort of gimmick (weight loss, [...]

March 29, 2014

Movies In Focus Goes To The 2014 EE BAFTA Awards And The Full Winners List

The glitz, the glamour, the Baftas. Movies In Focus was once again on the red carpet for the 2014 EE Bafta Film Awards. The evening was much sunnier and warmer than last year’s event which saw the stars (and the less glamorous journalists) [...]

February 17, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Michael Keaton And Michelle Monaghan In PENTHOUSE NORTH

Actors don’t get any better than Michael Keaton – they really don’t. Keaton doesn’t work nearly enough and it is always welcome to see him on screen. He gets the lead role in director Joseph Ruben’s Penthouse North and it again [...]

January 25, 2014

DVD Review: Danish Pirate Drama A HIJACKING Packs A Punch

A Hijacking is a Danish drama about the hijacking of a cargo ship by Somali pirates. The tense film follows the events onboard the ship as well as the hostage negotiations taking place to free the men in Copenhagen. 2013 is the year of the Somali [...]

October 27, 2013

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