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Notebook Reviews: PSYCHO

Gus Van Sant – 1998. It’s obviously nowhere near as good as Alfred Hitchcock‘s original, but Gus Van Sant‘s updating of Psycho isn’t too bad. This shot-for-shot remake could have been a total disaster, but it manages to [...]

October 30, 2021

Notebook Reviews: MAGNOLIA

Paul Thomas Anderson – 1999 Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Magnolia is a modern movie masterpiece. This is a unique and interesting piece of cinema which delivers in every way. It’s long – but the story unfolds in [...]

August 7, 2021

MAGNOLIA Is Paul Thomas Anderson’s Masterpiece

In the humble opinion of Movies In Focus, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia is one of the great films of the last twenty-odd years. Anderson’s epic L.A. tale features an excellent ensemble cast featuring a never better Tom Cruise, Julianne [...]

August 10, 2020

UK Trailer For Mel Gibson’s BLOOD FATHER Delivers Bone Crunching, Ass Kicking Action

Movies In Focus is an unashamed Mel Gibson supporter. I believe in his religion, his acting and his direction. I can’t wait for Jean-Francois Richet’s Blood Father (sadly, I can’t make a press screening) but I give you this [...]

September 20, 2016

To Mel And Back: New BLOOD FATHER Trailer

This new trailer for Mel Gibson‘s Blood Father offers up a little more plot alongside the action. Gibson looks to be on fine form as the grizzled ex-con eager to go straight, only to get caught up with a gang of drug dealers. Early reviews [...]

July 9, 2016

Trailer: BLOOD FATHER Delivers Everything You Want From A Mel Gibson Movie

If you like Mel Gibson (and you really should) then this trailer for Blood Father will get your heart rate up. Jean-Francois Richet’s revenge thriller appears to be a hard-edge and gritty neo-western with Gibson at his grizzled best. [...]

April 4, 2016