Movies In Focus

All things film related from commentator & @RottenTomatoes approved critic Niall Browne. Home of the @moviesinfocus podcast. Contact: [email protected]

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Digging into my review copy of Sylvester Stallone's The Steps. It looks like a fascinating read - offering a first-hand look into Stallone's early life & the world of Rocky. I can already hear Bill Conti's theme music.

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@jfkenney The Douglas book is great! I think it'll be a good read. And I'm guessing it'll be the first of a few Stallone books that'll cover his life and career.

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Digging into my review copy of Sylvester Stallone's The Steps. It looks like a fascinating read - offering a first-hand look into Stallone's early life & the world of Rocky. I can already hear Bill Conti's theme music.

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Digging into my review copy of Sylvester Stallone's The Steps. It looks like a fascinating read - offering a first-hand look into Stallone's early life & the world of Rocky. I can already hear Bill Conti's theme music.

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Scott Cooper's Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere: an offbeat musical biopic. Keeping the focus on the recording of Nebraska gives this a specific scope. Jeremy Allen White gives a good sense of The Boss as an isolated figure, grappling to find himself & his music. Interesting.

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Podcast #120. Filmmaker Dara Van Dusen talks about her new film, A Prayer For The Dying.
Starring Johnny Flynn & John C. Reilly, the film is an arthouse western that packs an emotional & psychological punch.
Listen below or wherever you get podcasts.
https://t.co/vOKDpM2c5m

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@stephen_jared I agree. The whole insular nature of it all.

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Scott Cooper's Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere: an offbeat musical biopic. Keeping the focus on the recording of Nebraska gives this a specific scope. Jeremy Allen White gives a good sense of The Boss as an isolated figure, grappling to find himself & his music. Interesting.

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@indieimmy I quite enjoyed the abstract nature of it.

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@TheFordFairlane I know!

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I think most James Bond fans will agree that the below mentioned names are an absolute travesty. Also, these guys have all apparently been in contention from the get-go, so why even bother with this casting charade - when the decisions were already made?

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Sources tell Deadline that screen test final auditions for the role to play James Bond could begin as early as tomorrow and go through the next week for its final group.

At least four test offers have been given out and while unconfirmed, insiders tell Deadline that three of the four actors expected to test are Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor.

More details on the search for the new 007 in Deadline's The Dish here: https://t.co/GhDwVyPv3O

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@Bingo_BingBong He might be the mystery contender. However, I get the feeling he's no longer in contention.

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@BillsTVTalk I hoping for a great (as yet) unknown choice.

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If you really want to know my thoughts on casting the new James Bond, then listen to this episode of @AttheflicksPod - where I talk about my hopes, dreams & fears about where the franchise should - and could - go now that it's under Amazon's control.
https://t.co/4TfbyWmgCd

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@ATHE1STP0WER Too old!

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@wanna_be_bond @Dli_ODoir Hopefully Mr Mystery Man is the man for the job.

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@AdrianWerner He's too boyish.

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@GamingAngelGabe @OutKse Anyone who hasn't been mentioned for the last 18 months.

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@HoopersX Too boyish. Too fair.

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Tom Skerritt dead at the age of 93. A veteran character actor with countless TV & film roles. He specialised in quiet authority figures. Roles included M*A*S*H, Alien, Top Gun, Space Camp, A River Runs Through It & Picket Fences. He was always assured, low-key & dependable.

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@OutKse My issue with Jack Lowden as a possible James Bond candidate is that he looks like the end result of putting Ewan McGregor & Simon Pegg into the telepod from The Fly.

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@NotFrankA O'Connor is a good actor. He's no James Bond.