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Behind The Scenes: Anne Hathaway & Robert De Niro On The Set Of THE INTERN

A fun diversion, 2015’s The Intern will appeal to fans of Nancy Meyers’ cinematic output and its two stars. It’s not going to shake the face of cinema but it’s worth checking out if you want to watch something that isn’t too tasking [...]

April 25, 2021

Trailer: Do We Really Need To Know WHAT MEN WANT?

Movies In Focus is a huge fan of Nancy Meyer’s 2000 romantic comedy What Women Want (you got a problem with that?). It was a top-tier pic with a game cast (Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Alan Alda) giving it their all. It made $182 million at the US [...]

November 24, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Mel Gibson & John Lithgow Show Mark Wahlberg & Will Ferrell Tough Love In DADDY’S HOME 2

Daddy’s Home 2 is a fun festive family comedy that ticks all the boxes and delivers what you would expect from this type of film – but sadly it didn’t live up to the promise of having such an impressive cast. This could have been a [...]

March 24, 2018

DADDY’S HOME & Mel Is Back In Comedy Sequel Trailer

Movies In Focus didn’t see Will Ferrell/Mark Wahlberg comedy Daddy’s Home. But this trailer for Daddy’s Home 2 slapped me across the face and got my attention. Mel Gibson has joined the cast (along with John Lithgow) and he’s [...]

June 15, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Anne Hathaway And Robert DeNiro Have Fun In Nancy Meyers’ THE INTERN

Nancy Meyers’ The Intern is an enjoyable piece of entertaining fluff. This is a lifestyle movie, a commercial fairy tale where the stakes aren’t very high. It’s not quite up to the standard of What Women Want or Something’s Gotta Give but it [...]

March 6, 2016

GET THE GRINGO/HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION Gets A Game Changing Release

Mel Gibson’s latest action extravaganza How I Spent My Summer Vacation is set to open in the UK on May 11th, but in the US, where the film is known as Get The Gringo, it is set to bypass theatres altogether and arrive on DirecTV on May 1st. The [...]

March 24, 2012