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Notebook Reviews: TWILIGHT

Robert Benton – 1998. Twilight is an excellent modern day film noir with a hugely impressive cast. The great Paul Newman leads the way but Robert Benton‘s film also stars the mighty James Garner, Gene Hackman, Susan Sarandon, Reese [...]

September 15, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Peter Sattler’s CAMP X-RAY

Camp X-Ray is a solid 2014 drama set within the confines of Guantanamo Bay, Kristen Stewart is the young soldier who strikes-up an unlikely relationship with one of the camp’s detainees (they can’t be called prisoner’s because they’d be [...]

September 4, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement’s WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS

What We Do In The Shadows is a 2014 comedy written and directed by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement. The ‘mockumentary’ follows the lives of four vampires: Viago (Waiyiti), Vladislav (Clement), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) and Petyr (Ben Fransham) [...]

June 22, 2021

The Genius Of James Garner

Nobody did laid-back cool quite like the great James Garner. An underrated star, Garner was probably the first person to move effortlessly between movies and television – something he often did over the course of his career. Maverick, The Great [...]

June 15, 2020

Book Review: FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO WEREWOLF MOVIES

If the truth be told, there has been a serious under-appreciation of the werewolf on screen over the years. While the horror sub-genre has delivered some undeniable classic films, it has never truly connected with mass audiences in the way that [...]

October 31, 2019

Blu-Ray Review: EQUALS Starring Nicholas Hoult And Kristen Stewart Plays Like A Tween Version Of THX 1138

Equals (which is a terrible title) is a well made and stylish dystopian sci-fi drama that’s hindered by the fact that it feels like many, many other films before it. The main touchstone on-hand for this Ridley Scott produced film is George [...]

October 10, 2016

How The Mighty Has Fallen: The Once ASCENDANT Divergent Franchise Descends To TV

Movies In Focus has no interest in Lionsgate’s Divergent franchise – but this is interesting news. It looks like the film series’ final installment, Ascendant, is going to skip the big screen altogether and make its debut on television, an odd [...]

July 21, 2016

DVD Review: Kristen Stewart Stars In Guantanamo Bay Drama CAMP X-RAY

Camp X-Ray is a solid drama set within the confines of Guantanamo Bay, Kristen Stewart is the young soldier who strikes-up an unlikely relationship with one of the camp’s detainees (they can’t be called prisoner’s because they’d be given [...]

January 18, 2016

Robert Pattinson Is Lawrence Of Arabia In The Trailer For Werner Herzog’s QUEEN OF THE DESERT

Werner Herzog may be the only man crazy enough to cast Robert Pattinson as T.E Lawrence (AKA Lawrence of Arabia) in Queen Of The Desert. It’s a brave move but we can all agree that Pattinson is no Peter O’Toole. Nicole Kidman leads the cast as [...]

July 6, 2015

Blu-ray Review: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY – Kinky Twilight Fan-Fiction For Middle-Aged Women

E.L. James was a middle-aged woman who was a huge fan of the the Stephanie Meyer’s young-adult Twilight novels. She did what any self respecting middle-aged woman would do … and cranked out some online fan fiction, upping the sex quota and [...]

June 21, 2015

Great Trailer For Brit Werewolf Horror HOWL: Could It Be The New Dog Soldiers?

Movies In Focus loves a good werewolf movie – and Howl looks like an absolute corker. There’s a strong Dog Soldiers vibe to this trailer for Paul Hyett’s film – and that’s totally okay with me. It’s been over a decade since Neil [...]

May 16, 2015

Get Teased For FIFTY SHADES DARKER And FIFTY SHADES FREED

Movies In Focus writes a lot about Fifty Shades Of Grey (and now its sequels) not because of some kinky interest in the film or book but because of a fascination with the creative black hole from whence the whole endeavour came. A multi-million [...]

April 25, 2015

DVD Review: HEMLOCK GROVE Season 2 Descends Into Boring Teen Drama

The first season of Hemlock Grove was a fun horror show with ‘50s B-movie vibe that Movies In Focus called ‘Twin Peaks for the Twilight generation’. It wasn’t a great show by any stretch of the imagination but it felt like a show which [...]

April 19, 2015

DVD Review: WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS – A Vampire Comedy That Doesn’t Suck

What We Do In The Shadows is a a New Zealand comedy written and directed by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement. The ‘mockumentary’ follows the lives of four vampires: Viago (Waiyiti), Vladislav (Clement), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) and Petyr (Ben [...]

March 30, 2015

DVD Review: Guy Pearce And Robert Pattinson Can’t Make THE ROVER Captivating

Australian director David Michôd made a huge splash on the international movie scene with his directional debut Animal Kingdom. The film, a searing crime drama with incredible performances, made Michôd a director to watch and there was always [...]

January 24, 2015

Some People Will Be Interested In This Trailer For FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

Fifty Shades of Grey looks like Twilight for those in their twilight years, Divergent for deviants, or even The Hunger Games for people who like raunchy games. Whatever the case, it opens on Valentine’s Day 2015. [...]

November 15, 2014

DVD Review: HEMLOCK GROVE Season One Is TWIN PEAKS For The TWILIGHT Generation

Hemlock Grove is Twin Peaks for the Twilight generation. That’s a backhanded compliment – but it’s a pretty fair description of Eli Roth’s new Netflix series. The show begins with a gruesome murder and it descends into a whodunit amongst the [...]

April 25, 2014

Charlie Hunnam Won’t Drop Trou; Drops Out Of 50 SHADES OF GREY

Charlie Hunnam has dropped out (rather than drop trou) of Fifty Shades Of Grey. The official word is that “the filmmakers of Fifty Shades Of Grey and Charlie Hunnam have agreed to find another male lead given Hunnam’s immersive TV schedule [...]

October 13, 2013

Johnson & Hunnam In 50 SHADES OF GREY; TWILIGHT With Less Ham & More Pork?

I don’t want to write about the 50 Shades of Grey movie casting – but I feel I must. Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam will play Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in the big screen adaptation of EL James’ novel. It’s a tome which has [...]

September 3, 2013

DVD Review: Kellan Lutz And Mickey Rourke Taste The JAVA HEAT

Java Heat is a buddy action film, with an oddly ‘80s feel, featuring Kellan Lutz, Ario Bayu and Mickey Rourke. It’s not an amazing film by any stretch of the imagination, but it does have enough silliness to make it something of a guilty [...]

July 13, 2013

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