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Uncovering Curiosities: Jorge Dorado’s MINDSCAPE

Mindscape is a well composed Spanish/American production that works as a piece of entertainment, however you can’t help but feel that director Jorge Dorado and writer Guy Holmes felt there was much more weight to things than what ultimately ended [...]

October 2, 2021

Cameron Crowe’s Masterful ALMOST FAMOUS Gets A 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray Release

2000’s Almost Famous is the film which could very well be writer/director Cameron Crowe’s masterpiece. Crowe’s 1970s-set follow-up to Jerry Maguire surpasses that film and it’s right up there with 2001’s Vanilla Sky as [...]

May 28, 2021

Notebook Reviews: VANILLA SKY

Cameron Crowe – 2001 Writer/director Cameron Crowe‘s Vanilla Sky is a masterpiece. Crowe’s ‘cover version’ of Alejandro Amenábar’s Open Your Eyes is a glossy and surreal romantic-drama-sci-fi-thriller. Tom [...]

April 28, 2021

The Mighty Kurt Russell

The mighty Kurt Russell turned 70 years old on 17 March 2021. The iconic actor has had a long and varied career, starring in a variety of beloved cult classics and out-right global blockbusters. Russell brings a laid-back, blue-collar vibe to his [...]

March 17, 2021

Tom Cruise’s High Flying Bird

Tom Cruise took to the skies once again in 2017’s American Made. The Doug Liman directed film is an energetic drama which charts the true life tale of pilot turned drug/gun runner, Barry Seal. Cruise shows us why he’s one of the greatest [...]

September 7, 2020

Tom Cruise Still Has All The Right Movies

The mighty Tom Cruise’s boyish charm helped propel him to superstardom in the 1980s. He parlayed that success into working with Hollywood’s top directors (Steven Spielberg, Tony Scott, Brian DePalma, Robert Redford, Oliver Stone) starring a [...]

July 3, 2020

Behind The Scenes Of Cameron Crowe’s VANILLA SKY

Movies In Focus is of the belief that Cameron Crowe‘s Vanilla Sky is one of the finest films of the 21st Century. Starring Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee and Kurt Russell, Vanilla Sky delivers on multiple levels. The [...]

April 26, 2020

The Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century…So Far

Movies In Focus was inspired to put together a Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century list after reading the recent piece in Empire which listed the top movies of the century as voted for by the magazine’s readers. It was a pretty damning list [...]

January 21, 2020

Empire Magazine’s 100 Greatest Movies Of The Century Features A Lot Of Serious Duds

Taste is an interesting thing. Everyone is entitled to their opinion of course, but some people simply don’t have good taste. They’d rather eat at McDonalds than a good restaurant. This list of Empire Magazine’s 100 films of the [...]

January 18, 2020

Go Behind The Music With The Trailer For Cameron Crowe’s TV Show ROADIES

I haven’t connected with any of Cameron Crowe’s movies on a huge level since Vanilla Sky in 2001 (my god, is that really 15 years ago?). But I won’t give up on the man who had a streak that contained Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous and the [...]

February 13, 2016

10 Things You Need To Know Before You See MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation hits cinema and IMAX screens at the end of July. The fifth instalment in the franchise once again sees Tom Cruise conduct some gravity defying scenes as intrepid IMF agent Ethan Hunt. Before you check out the [...]

June 28, 2015

DVD Review: MINDSCAPE Is Good – But It Could Have Been So Much Better

August 31, 2014

Top 10 Movie Stars Of All Time

There is a difference between what makes a great movie star and what makes a great actor. While the stars on this list are undoubtedly good actors, they have a something extra which makes them great movie stars. Therefore, wonderful actors like Gene [...]

September 1, 2012

DVD Review: Bradley Cooper And Robert DeNiro In LIMITLESS

Limitless sees Bradley Cooper continue his climb up the A-list ladder. This adaptation of Alan Glynn’s novel The Dark Fields is the first film which Cooper has top lined (he is also an Executive Producer) and he does a commendable job, [...]

March 26, 2012