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Kevin Costner – The Last Of The Hollywood Cowboys

Born on the 18 January, 1955, Kevin Costner was an avid film fan who up in California. Fascinated by epic westerns such as Red River and How the West Was Won, he dreamed of being cowboy (a dream that would be fulfilled many years later). Following [...]

January 18, 2022

Trailer: VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE Giving Off Serious Spawn Vibes – And That’s Not Good

Movies In Focus hasn’t seen 2018’s Venom, so I can’t attest to how good or bad it was. However, the film grossed over $856 million worldwide and a sequel was always going to be on the cards. That follow-up is coming in the shape [...]

August 2, 2021

Trailer & Poster: VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE

Absurdist comedy and CGI seem to be the order of the day for Andy Serkis‘ Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Tom Hardy is back as the Marvel Comics anti-hero and he’s joined by Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris and the always great Woody [...]

May 10, 2021

Notebook Reviews: INDECENT PROPOSAL

Adrian Lyne – 1993 Indecent Proposal is a solid romantic drama from Fatal Attraction director Adrian Lyne. The main cast is great – Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore and Robert Redford (who isn’t in it enough) all ensure that this is [...]

January 13, 2021

Remembering THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the big winner during the 2017/2018 awards season and Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell won awards by the bucket-load for their performances. It’s a wonderfully composed piece of [...]

November 5, 2020

Basketball On Film

Ben Affleck starring basketball drama, Finding The Way Back is out now on Digital Download and it arrives on DVD & Blu-ray on 12 October. To celebrate, Movies In Focus is looking at a selection of basketball-focused films. Here you [...]

October 6, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Paul Schrader’s THE WALKER

Paul Schrader’s 2007 film, The Walker clearly shows the writer/director exorcising the demons of Exorcist: Dominion, by revisiting similar territory to his earlier film American Gigolo. Schrader delivers a thriller that delves into the darker side [...]

September 27, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Brett Ratner Directs Pierce Brosnan On The Set Of AFTER THE SUNSET

Movies In Focus has a serious soft spot for the 2004 Pierce Brosnan starrer After the Sunset. Directed by Brett Ratner, the heist comedy is like a spiritual cousin to Brosnan’s 1999 romantic caper The Thomas Crown Affair. Co-starring Salma [...]

August 14, 2020

Admitting When You’re Wrong – SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

I’ll throw my hands up and say that I didn’t think Solo: A Star Wars Story was a good idea. The way I looked at it, who wanted to see a Han Solo movie without Harrison Ford? Add some production squabbles and reshoots and it seemed like [...]

August 10, 2020

Notebook Reviews: ED TV

Ron Howard – 1999 The always reliable Ron Howard delivers this first-rate satire, which is dressed-up as a romantic comedy in ED TV. Matthew McConaughey is excellent as the laidback everyday guy who gets his life turned into TV show. It also [...]

April 9, 2020

Trailer: Kevin Costner & Woody Harrelson Take Down Bonnie & Clyde In THE HIGHWAYMEN

Hot on the heels of the great looking (but spoiler filled) trailer for Netflix’s Ben Affleck-led thriller Triple Frontier, comes the first look at the streaming services’ The Highwaymen. Toplined by Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson [...]

February 21, 2019

Kevin Costner & Woody Harrelson Are THE HIGHWAYMEN

Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson as two old-time lawmen on the trail of Bonnie And Clyde? What more could Movies In Focus want or need. And that’s what I’m getting with The Highwaymen, a new Netflix movie from director John Lee [...]

December 11, 2018

Review: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY Beats The Odds & Delivers Unabashed Fun!

June 2, 2018

Blu-ray & DVD Review Round-Up: The GRIFTERS, THE OLD DARK HOUSE, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI & More

This time around: Frances McDormand puts up Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, James Whale makes a visit to The Old Dark House, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law play eXistenZ, John Cusack, Anjelica Huston and Annette Bening are The Grifters [...]

May 29, 2018