western

Blu-ray Review: Do Not Forsake Classic Western HIGH NOON

With one of the greatest opening sequences in film history, High Noon kicks-off in an outstanding fashion and this 1952 film just gets better and better as it builds towards its climax. Director Alfred Zinnemann delivers one of the great westerns [...]

October 5, 2019

Interview: Producer Dallas Sonnier Talks Pushing Boundaries & Making Great Movies Away From Hollywood

Dallas Sonnier is one of the bravest and most exciting film producers working today. Through his company Cinestate, Sonnier he has delivered a roster of punchy movies including the Kurt Russell western Bone Tomahawk, Vince Vaughn crime-thriler Brawl [...]

July 17, 2019

Review: Gritty Irish Revenge Drama BLACK ’47 Goes Into The West

Director Lance Daly’s Black ’47 is a western-tinged revenge tale set amongst the backdrop of the Great Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór). It’s a gritty tale, which uses the darkest point in Irish history as a stepping-off point and Daly manages [...]

September 8, 2018

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: BLADE RUNNER 2049, BRIMSTONE, FLATLINERS, JIGSAW & More

This time around: Blade Runner 2049 fails to replicate the replicant success of the original; Guy Pearce raises hell in gritty western Brimstone, Luke Goss knows it’s Your Move; Flatliners doesn’t have much of a heartbeat; there’s [...]

February 10, 2018

Trailer For Scott Cooper’s HOSTILES Starring Christian Bale

Hostiles, the latest film from director Scott Cooper (Out Of The Furnace, Crazy Horse, Black Mass) played at Telluride where it received rave reviews. The western, which currently doesn’t have a distributor, has also been praised for [...]

September 5, 2017

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: HARD TIMES, LITTLE DEAD ROTTING HOOD, XX, TWO RODE TOGETHER & MY LITTLE SISTER

A selection of new blu-ray and DVD releases. This time around: Charles Bronson and James Coburn fall on Hard Times; Little Dead Rotting Hood isn’t afraid of the big bad wolf; XX offers up four different types of horror, James Stewart and [...]

May 14, 2017

Blu-ray Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER Is Highly Recommended

A stripped down neo-western, Hell Or High Water is a freewheeling and dusty affair. David Mackenzie’s cops and robbers movie plays like a ‘70s drama, with humour and drama intertwining to give a beautifully balanced piece that’s tense and [...]

January 18, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Peter Fonda & Warren Oates Take Counterculture To The West With THE HIRED HAND

Easy Rider helped change the mechanics of Hollywood when it was released in 1969. Both Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda were given carte blanche by Universal Pictures to produce whatever they wanted, with Hopper going on to produce the ill-fated The [...]

November 21, 2016

DVD Review: Kiefer Sutherland Joins Forces With Dad Donald For Western FORSAKEN

If you’re looking for a straightforward western with a great cast then Forsaken is the movie for you. Kiefer Sutherland joins forces with his father Donald for the first time (they never shared a screen in Joel Schumacher’s A Time To Kill), [...]

July 26, 2016

Trailer For THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN With Denzel Washington And Chris Pratt Has No Surprises

This trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven delivers exactly what you would expect. I’m not sure if this is a must-see flick, but I’m sure I’ll catch it at some point. The cast is interesting – I’ll give it that. Oh, and [...]

April 21, 2016

Mel Gibson And Kurt Russell Team For Epic TV Series THE BARBARY COAST

This must be one of the most exciting stories that Movies In Focus has covered in the four years the site has been going. Mel Gibson will re-team with his Tequila Sunrise co-star Kurt Russell for The Barbary Coast, a new television series set during [...]

April 18, 2016

Star Wars Prequel Fans Rejoice: JANE GOT A GUN Gets An Official UK Trailer

Star Wars fans will be interested in Jane Got A Gun – after all it stars three actors who appeared in George Lucas’ prequel trilogy (Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor and Joel Edgerton). Jane Got A Gun has had a troubled production (to [...]

December 8, 2015

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