We love a good rant at FilmFocus, which is essentially what you'll find
in our Special Features section, a vertible chasm of Editorials, Interviews and, well, Special Features. These are features that provoke you to think
and respond. This is our and others opinion on the wonderful world of movie making,
as raw and honest as we can make it. While you're here, why not join
in and have your say?
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Top Ten: Decapitations
From Scanners to Switchblade Romance, we explore the legacy of the movie decapitation as John Moore's remake of The Omen hits cinemas. |
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Breaking Out
We chat to Prison Break's evil C.O. Brad Bellick, aka Wade Williams, and see if we can't survive our fifteen minutes without a visit to The Shoe. |
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Great Escapes
FilmFocus explores a classic as we take a look at what you didn't know about Steve McQueen's Great Escape. |
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2005 - The FilmFocus Review
FilmFocus dishes out awards to our top twenty-five movies of 2005 in the first annual FilmFocus review of the year. |
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Exclusive King Kong Wallpapers
Kong really is King as FilmFocus serves up some top-class King Kong wallpapers with which to make your desktop all lovely and computer generated. |
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The Daily Prophet - Goblet of Fire Premiere
FilmFocus takes a trip to Leicester Square to meet the stars of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at the film's World Premiere. We talk to Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and loads more. |
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Serenity Special Feature
FilmFocus finds Serenity with a massive celebratory feature including exclusive interviews with Summer Glau, Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion, competitions (all, alas, now closed) and an episode guide to the show that started it all. |
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London Film Festival 2005
FilmFocus' comprehensive coverage of the films and events as they happened at the London Film Festival 2005 in October and November. |
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Exclusive: The Business
FilmFocus talks exclusively to director Nick Love and stars Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan as The Business is released in cinemas. |
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Top Ten Best Desert Movies
As Sahara is launched on DVD we take a moment to choose our ten favourite sandy blockbusters from an impressive history of the genre. |
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Coach "Sam Jackson" Carter's Basketball Tips
To celebrate the release of Coach Carter on DVD, we discover that any Sam Jackson role from any Sam Jackson film can essentially be swapped about at will. |
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World Exclusive: Taylor Made
In a world exclusive, Joe Utichi talks to Richard Taylor, company director and effects supervisor at Weta Workshop, fast becoming the world’s foremost practical effects house, about King Kong, Narnia, Lord of the Rings and their outstanding film merchandise. |
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We ♥ Enterprise
FilmFocus declares our love for the much-maligned Star Trek: Enterprise in a series of special features to celebrate the release of the DVD box sets. |
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World Exclusive: Elstree - The British Hollywood
FilmFocus' takes a tour of Elstree Film and Television studios and discovers the history behind the home of British Hollywood. |
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The FilmFocus Guide To The Hitchhiker's Guide
As The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy finally becomes a feature film, we catch up with Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell, Bill Nighy, Robbie Stamp and Garth Jennings & Nick Goldsmith and present our guide to the guide. |
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Exclusive: Tarantino Talks
FilmFocus' Joe Utichi catches up with Quentin Tarantino and dispells myths, uncovers secrets and discovers just what the cult director is planning to do when he hits fifty-five and can't get it up anymore. Epic. |
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BAFTA 2005
FilmFocus take to the Red Carpet in Leicester Square for the highlight of the British Film Season, The British Academy Film Awards 2005. |
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London Film Festival 2004
FilmFocus' comprehensive coverage of the films and events as they happened at the London Film Festival 2004 in October and November. |
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Exclusive: The IMAX Experience
Joe Utichi takes a trip behind-the-scenes of London's IMAX cinema
at Waterloo. While there, he visits the projection room and find
out just how IMAX is shown. With feature blockbusters making the
leap to IMAX, there's never been a better time for the format. |
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The
Right Tools For The Job
Dan Chant explores the world of digital
effects in modern cinema and discusses the impact the medium has on the way we view films.
Are digital effects always necessary? Have studios become complacent,
believing bigger effects mean bigger money?
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