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Why Ben Affleck Is Done With Batman & The Other DC Comics Superheroes

Ben Affleck’s excellent-looking Air is gearing-up for release and therefore the actor/director/producer/writer/CEO is out promoting the film. He sat down with The Hollywood Reporter for a a wide-ranging chat and talked about the nightmare [...]

March 17, 2023

Shadow Of The Bat: Batman Looms Large In The New Poster For THE FLASH

The marketing campaign for The Flash is beginning to ramp-up as Andy Muschietti‘s superhero film speeds towards its June 16, 2023 release date. Two new posters have arrived ahead of a Super Bowl trailer – and they show that the shadow of [...]

February 12, 2023

Ben Affleck Back As Batman In AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM

Ben Affleck announced that he was done with Batman back in 2019 and Robert Pattinson took over the role in Matt Reeves 2022 release, The Batman. Then, in 2020 came the surprise news that Affleck would be joining the cast of Andy [...]

July 29, 2022

CLOSED Competition: Win THE BATMAN On Blu-ray

Unmask the truth behind Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne with The Batman, now on Digital Download and 4K, Blu-ray and DVD on 13th June, and to celebrate its release Movies In Focus has two [...]

June 8, 2022

Review: THE BATMAN Is A Refreshing But Flawed Take On The Dark Knight

The Batman is the latest big screen incarnation of Bob Kane and Bill Finger’s iconic comic book hero. Over the last 30-odd years there have been multiple film takes on Batman from Tim Burton’s brooding gothic noir and Joel Schumacher’s [...]

March 8, 2022

Podcast – Episode 17: Batman On Film Founder Bill Ramey Talks About BATMAN On The Big Screen

Since 1998, Bill Ramey’s Batman On Film has been the go-to website for the best news for Batman on the big screen. It was founded in the wake of Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin as a way of ‘lobbying for the long-term continuation of [...]

February 26, 2022

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

First Official Look At Leslie Grace’s BATGIRL Costume

Movies In Focus‘ interest in Batgirl shot-up 100% when it was announced in December 2021 that Michael Keaton would be joining the cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman. I’m just not overly interested in comic book characters that aren’t [...]

January 15, 2022

Michael Keaton Is Back As Batman In BATGIRL Movie

It looks like Michael Keaton will be keeping on the Bat cowl for a little while longer. After a 30 year absence, Keaton has just completed filming a turn as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Andy Muschietti’s The Flash – and now he’s set to [...]

December 27, 2021

The Great Leonard Cohen

The great Leonard Cohen was a novelist, poet, actor, artist, singer, songwriter and a gentleman. He created a body of work that that will be forever cherished and prized amongst those who admire him. Cohen had a respectability that few could match [...]

September 21, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Eva Green & Director Noam Murro On The Set Of 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE

Director Noam Murro’s 300: Rise Of An Empire could have been a disaster. The previous film’s style became so iconic and copied that it appeared to be nothing fresh left for Murro’s film to mine. However, 2014’s 300: Rise Of An [...]

August 25, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Zack Snyder & Gerard Butler On The Set Of 300

Director Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300 was a huge success at the box office – and it won a lot of critical acclaim – when it was released back in 2006. Snyder’s film was a stylistic marvel – feeling [...]

August 24, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Director Patty Jenkins & Gal Gadot On The Set Of WONDER WOMAN

Despite having limited screen-time, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman was one of the stand-outs from Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (much better than many would have you believe). Gadot’s Amazonian Princess showed a charisma and [...]

August 1, 2021

Don’t #ReleaseTheAyerCut: David Ayer Gives The Final Word On SUICIDE SQUAD

Look, Movies In Focus enjoyed David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. It wasn’t perfect, but I had a good time with it (enough to watch it twice). James Gunn’s follow-up/reboot The Suicide Squad has been getting rave views and fans have [...]

July 30, 2021

ARMY OF THIEVES Trailer: We Don’t Need A Prequel To Zack Snyder’s Army Of The Dead

We don’t really need a prequel to Army Of The Dead. Zack Snyder‘s film was a strangely pedestrian affair considering he was given $70 million and carte blanche to make it. It’s ultimately just another zombie movie with little [...]

July 26, 2021

New Trailer For James Gunn’s THE SUICIDE SQUAD – Expect The Usual Divisive Rants

Here’s the latest trailer for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. This sequel/reboot appears less generic (and brighter) than the David Ayer directed 2016 film and it looks to up the joke quota – but I get the feeling this is [...]

June 23, 2021

Blu-ray Review: Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE Is Epic In Scope

Zack Snyder’s Justice League is a film which shouldn’t exist – but here it is. For years it was a cinematic myth, an unfinished film that would never see the light of day and nothing but a future trivia quiz question for comics [...]

May 26, 2021

Review: Zack Snyder’s ARMY OF THE DEAD – A Stupid Movie With Stupid Characters Doing Stupid Things

Zack Snyder is probably the most divisive director of the century. Over the last 20 years, no filmmaker has faced the vitriol which has been targeted at Snyder or been embraced by the fervent adoration of their fanbase. It’s odd – [...]

May 23, 2021

Watch The First 15 Minutes Of Zack Snyder’s ARMY OF THE DEAD

Director Zack Snyder is a divisive filmmaker and that means you’ll either want to watch his latest feature, Army Of The Dead or you don’t. If you just happen to be on the fence about this Netflix zombie actioner, then [...]

May 13, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Jared Leto On The Set Of Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE

A truly epic comic book movie, which features a tremendous amount for fans to chew over, Zack Snyder’s Justice League is the film which should have hit screens back in 2017. This cut from Snyder has been freed-up from having to launch the [...]

March 20, 2021

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