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10 Things You Need To Know Before You See MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation hits cinema and IMAX screens at the end of July. The fifth instalment in the franchise once again sees Tom Cruise conduct some gravity defying scenes as intrepid IMF agent Ethan Hunt. Before you check out the [...]

June 28, 2015

Teaser Poster For ASSASSIN’S CREED Movie; Michael Fassbender Offers Hope

It pains Movies In Focus that Michael Fassbender is producing and starring in a big screen version of videogame Assassin’s Creed. However, I have faith that this is going to be something more than a cheap cash grab. Fassbender has constantly [...]

June 8, 2015

A Bald James McAvoy Finally Goes Full-Blown Professor X In X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Since X-Men: First Class fans have been wondering when James McAvoy would turn full-on Professor X and go bald. Now we know he’ll be showing-off a Patrick Stewart style chrome-dome in X-Men: Apocalypse. Bryan Singer released the above image of [...]

May 10, 2015

See Nightcrawler In X-MEN: APOCALYPSE; The End Of X-Men Movies As We Know Them?

Bryan Singer has unveiled the first look at Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nightcrawler in X-Men: Apocalypse. Much like the recent Archangel image release, this sees a new actor slip into the mutant role. Alan Cumming played Nightcrawler in 2003’s X2. [...]

April 29, 2015

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Concept Art: Angel’s Back For Bryan Singer

Bryan Singer is the man who helped create the superhero genre with X-Men back in 2000. He returned to the franchise last year with X-Men: Days Of Future past, revitalising it by merging the original cast (including Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen and [...]

April 11, 2015

Ryan Reynolds Does Burt Reynolds In This First Official Look At DEADPOOL

Sooo…Deadpool is finally making it to the screen. Ryan Reynolds much be crossing his fingers that this works, as it’s his last legitimate shot at ‘proper’ movie stardom. This movie has been talked about since Deadpool made an appearance in [...]

March 28, 2015

Brett Ratner To Direct MIDNIGHT RUN 2 – I’m Okay With That!

Much despised director Brett Ratner is set to direct the sequel to Robert DeNiro’s 1988 film Midnight Run. David Elliot & Paul Lovett have been hired to re-write the script, and while many will be furious at Ratner’s appointment – I’m [...]

March 22, 2015

John Carpenter To Produce ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Remake For 20th Century Fox

I was interviewing John Carpenter the other evening (more on that soon) and I asked him if he was developing any potential projects. He was rather coy in his response and I got the feeling that he was working on something new. A few hours later news [...]

January 16, 2015

Not Sold On Matthew Vaughn’s KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE

Layer Cake, Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class have given Matthew Vaughn a free pass for life from Movies In Focus. The first official marketing materials from the Colin Firth top-lined Kingsman: The Secret Service (formally simply The Secret Service) [...]

May 20, 2014

DVD Review: HEMLOCK GROVE Season One Is TWIN PEAKS For The TWILIGHT Generation

Hemlock Grove is Twin Peaks for the Twilight generation. That’s a backhanded compliment – but it’s a pretty fair description of Eli Roth’s new Netflix series. The show begins with a gruesome murder and it descends into a whodunit amongst the [...]

April 25, 2014

DVD Review: LAST PASSENGER Has No Momentum

As a fan of one location thrillers, I hoped Last Passenger’s train setting could create some serious claustrophobic tension. I was wrong. Instead we get so-so British film that begins slowly before picking up some momentum in the middle act. [...]

January 17, 2014

Interview: Writer / Director Gavin Hood On Bringing ENDER’S GAME To The Screen

Gavin Hood is a director who has a varied career, directing the likes of Tsotsi, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Rendition . I had the chance to talk to Hood about writing and directing Ender’s Game for the screen and the difficulties of making a [...]

October 22, 2013

St Patrick’s Day Special: Top Irish Actors

A rundown of the top Irish actors– be warned this isn’t a definitive list – these are just my top picks! Michael Fassbender When I first wrote this, Fassbender was the new acting kid on the block, and on the cusp of being the next big thing. [...]

March 16, 2013

JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Poster Disappoints; Will The Movie?

I like all of Bryan Singer’s films (even Superman Returns). However, nothing about Jack The Giant Slayer interests me. Nothing at all. This new poster does not change [...]

December 13, 2012

Hugh Jackman Joins The Cast Of X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

This isn’t a big surprise, but Hugh Jackman is in negotiations to play Wolverine in director Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. The move further cements the fact this film will combine elements from Singer’s original trilogy and [...]

December 2, 2012

Patrick Stewart & Ian McKellen Sign Up To X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

Bryan Singer has confirmed that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen will be returning to the X-Men world. The pair will join the younger versions of Professor X and Magneto, played by James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as well as Nicholas Hoult and [...]

November 28, 2012

Will Matthew Vaughn Direct Harrison Ford In STAR WARS: EPISODE VII?

It looks like we might just be seeing Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Star Wars Episode VII after all. The word on the street is that Ford is open to the idea of returning to the role which launched him to stardom in 1977. There is also a rumour that [...]

November 6, 2012

Bryan Singer Returns To Direct X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

I was somewhat saddened when Matthew Vaughn dropped directing duties on X-Men: Days Of Future Past (much like I was when he dropped out of Kick Ass 2), it looked like the good work he put into X-Men: First Class might go to waste if 20th Century Fox [...]

November 1, 2012

ASSASSIN’S CREED: Fassbender’s Gotta Eat

Michael Fassbender’s involvement in Assassin’s Creed is worrying. It seems like a paycheck gig – and let’s face it, computer game adaptations are almost never good. Strike that – there’s no almost involved. They are never good. According [...]

July 10, 2012

Back to the Future: Hollywood’s Fascination with Prequels

The release date for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is looming, and the marketing materials won’t have you know it, but the film is a prequel to Scott’s 1979 film, Alien. The term “prequel” is something of a dirty word in Hollywood these days, [...]

May 25, 2012

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