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Behind The Scenes: Damien Chazelle, Ryan Gosling & Claire Foy On The Set Of FIRST MAN

Damien Chazelle’s 2018 film, First Man charts Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) in the years leading-up to his historical walk on the moon. The film shows the dangers of stepping out into the unknown and the toll that it took on his wife (Claire Foy) and [...]

August 28, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Joel Edgerton’s THE GIFT

Joel Edgerton made his directorial debut with 2015’s The Gift, a thriller that is very much in the vein of the dramatic thrillers of the 1980s and 1990s (it has shades of the 1992 Kurt Russell/ Ray Liotta thriller Unlawful Entry). The Gift [...]

July 14, 2021

Yo, Whiplash! Behind The Scenes Image Shows Miles Teller & Damien Chazelle On The Set Of WHIPLASH

Writer-director Damien Chazelle’s created an absolute gem of a film with 2014’s Whiplash – one that surpasses all expectations. Expertly written and wonderfully acted, Whiplash is a cinematic breath of fresh air. The great J.K [...]

July 13, 2021

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

Blu-ray Review: Damien Chazelle’s FIRST MAN Is A Cool Technical Marvel

Damien Chazelle’s First Man is an exceptionally well crafted bit of cinema. The Whiplash and La La Land director has delivered a rich and textured Neil Armstrong film, which looks and feels like it was ripped out the the 1960s. First Man [...]

February 21, 2019

Reach New Heights With Ryan Gosling As The Trailer For FIRST MAN Takes-Off

Ryan Gosling and Damien Chazelle re-team after La La Land with First Man, the true story behind NASA’s first moon landing. This first trailer seems to be playing up the suspense aspect of the mission – will Gosling’s Neil [...]

June 9, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Joel Edgerton Delivers THE GIFT To Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall

Joel Edgerton makes his directorial debut with The Gift, a thriller that is very much in the vein of the dramatic thrillers of the 1980s and 1990s (it has shades of the 1992 Kurt Russell/ Ray Liotta thriller Unlawful Entry). The Gift stars Jason [...]

December 6, 2015

DVD Review: Dustin Hoffman Leads The Cast Of Music Drama THE CHOIR

Boychoir Good Will Hunting or Vocal Whiplash is the best way to describe Francois Girard’s The Choir. This low key drama follows troubled Stet (Garrett Wareing), an 11 year old who is shipped-off to a boy choir boarding school following the death [...]

October 4, 2015