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The Genius Of Bill Paxton

The great Bill Paxton was a pleasure to watch. Paxton was an actor who straddled the line between leading man and character actor and he was adept at comedy and drama, starring in movies and TV shows, in roles small and large. I went through a [...]

February 25, 2022

Uncovering Curiosities: Walter Hill’s TRESPASS

In 1992 Walter Hill took a dusty old script written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis and transformed it into an action-packed contemporary version of The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre. That script was called The Looters, but a post Rodney King world [...]

August 12, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Jean Becker’s ONE DEADLY SUMMER

A slow-burning dramatic thriller, One Deadly Summer (L’Été meurtrier) is a noir-ish tale of death and desire. The story in Jean Becker’s 1983 adaption of Sébastien Japrisot’s novel is strong, but the film really works because of the [...]

July 13, 2021

Obituary: Powers Boothe Dead At 68

Powers Boothe was a powerful screen presence. You might say that Boothe was a character actor, but he was much more than that. He had his own gravitational pull, anchoring movies and TV shows with his own brand of gravitas and strength. Boothe has [...]

May 15, 2017

*CLOSED* Competition: Win A TOMBOY DVD & Comic Book!

Movies In Focus is giving away a DVD copy of director Walter Hill’s latest thriller Tomboy, along with a comic book adaptation of the film to 3 lucky readers. All you need to do to enter the competition is complete the below contact form [...]

April 10, 2017

Obituary: Bill Paxton 1955 – 2017

Bill Paxton died on February 25 2017 following a stroke after heart surgery. He was 61 years old. I grew up with Bill Paxton on screen. He was a pleasure to watch, an actor who straddled the line between leading man and character actor. Paxton was [...]

February 27, 2017

Review: ALIEN 3 Is A Cinematic Failure

I want to enjoy David Fincher’s Alien 3, but I have to admit that it is a failure. Sure, a few things work, like the Alien-o-vision, the visuals and score, but apart from that it’s a disappointing endeavour that fails to live up to the films [...]

June 3, 2012