Our film choice this week was The Hitman’s Bodyguard, an action comedy which stars Samuel L Jackson and Ryan Reynolds (who we had already seen in great films this year, Samuel in Kong: Skull Island and Ryan in Life, so hoping for more of the same). We first became aware of it when it released an excellent parody poster of the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston smash The … [Read more...]
10 Films We Can’t Wait To See In The Second Half of 2017
Having shared our 10 favourite films of the first half of 2017, it’s now the time to share the 10 we are most looking forward to seeing in the second half of the year. It is a reflection of the times that it does include reboots and sequels but also some original films. Of course, we are sure this list will include more as we learn more about them, but possibly because … [Read more...]
Is The Legend of Tarzan Legendary or Not?
This week’s rental was the 2016 Blockbuster ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ from director David Yates, best known for his work as director on the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. The Edgar Rice Burroughs character has been portrayed many times from small to the big screen, with everything from TV shows to a Disney film. Whilst most portray the Tarzan in the jungle, … [Read more...]
We’re Glad We Visited Miss Peregrine’s Home!
We could not wait to see the movie adaptation of Ransom Riggs book, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, directed by our favourite film director, Tim Burton! With Tim directing and fact that we had loved the book (You can read our review of it here) we had high hopes for this one. Now we read many books, normally we choose them when we hear they are to be filmed … [Read more...]
We Can’t Wait To See Miss Peregrine’s School On Screen
We at BMAF love the films of Tim Burton, no other director is more guaranteed of our bottoms on seats when he has a new film out, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children will certainly continue this trend. An adaptation of the book of the same name by Ransom Riggs, after seeing a synopsis, when we knew Tim was bringing it to the screen, we sought the book out, we have … [Read more...]