This week we saw the Stephen Chbosky film, Wonder, based on the best-seller by R.J. Palacio. It’s a heartwarming drama about a young boy called August ‘Auggie’ Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) a boy with a strong facial deformity from childbirth, who has been homeschooled most of his young life, is now to enter into school life, as his family feel he needs to do this to experience … [Read more...]
BMAF Head Into the World of the OASIS for Ready Player One
As a fan of the book by Ernest Cline, we rushed out to see Ready Player One from director Steven Spielberg. It was our first of his movies at the cinema for some time, whilst he has done fewer blockbusters and gone for more dramatic movies such as Bridge of Spies and The Post as well as family dramas such as War Horse and the BFG; whilst all worth watching for his talent, we … [Read more...]
Does Jennifer Lawrence Soar as a Red Sparrow?
This week we went to see the reteaming of The Hunger Games Franchise director Francis Lawrence and star Jennifer Lawrence, for the big screen adaptation of Jason Matthews book, Red Sparrow. The film tells how after a horrific accident whilst performing ballet, Russian dancer Dominika (Lawrence) is recruited by her uncle (Matthias Schoenaerts) to attend Sparrow School, albeit … [Read more...]
We Bought DVD About True Story of Family Buying A Zoo
Our latest watch was We Bought a Zoo, from Jerry Maguire writer/director Cameron Crowe, which was inspired by the true story of Benjamin Mee (played by Matt Damon) The film tells how Mee is struggling as a single father, following the death of his wife, Katherine (Stephanie Szostak) The death has had a major effect on his 14-year-old son, Dylan (Colin Ford) who has now been … [Read more...]
BMAF’s 10 Films We Can’t Wait For in 2018
As we enter a new year, we have an exciting year of films coming, many of course will be sequels, remakes or reboots, but these are the 10 that we know we definitely can not wait to see. So without further ado, here is our 10 films we’re most looking forward to at present. Red Sparrow - Release March 2nd Jennifer Lawrence reteams with her Hunger Games … [Read more...]