If you were to name a Tom Hardy film of last year, it is more than likely you would have said his Box Office monster that was Mad Max: Fury Road But he was also in the movie adaptation of the best-selling novel Child 44 and Legend, a film about the Kray twins from Writer/Director Brian Helgeland (who had previously directed Mel Gibson in Payback and Heath Ledger in both the … [Read more...]
The Hunger Games: Good things come to those who wait!
http://amzn.to/2115X1B In 2011, I used to have a long commute to work so would read many books on my train journey to work, one of the books that was recommended to me was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It was a great recommendation as I read it in no time and quickly devoured its two sequels Catching Fire and Mockingjay! I read with anticipation that the first book … [Read more...]
Did The Goosebumps movie leave us down in the dumps?
This weeks movie choice was the film adaptation of the popular children’s book series, Goosebumps by R.L Stine. I am writing this blog as someone who has never read one of these books so am unable to tell you if its faithful to these. The film is directed by Rob (Shark Tale; Monsters vs. Aliens) Letterman and reteams him with the star of his last film, Gulliver's Travels … [Read more...]
Do we rave about the 5th Wave
A few years ago, we on social media had been raving about our love of Suzanne Collins Hunger Games books when someone suggested we give Rick Yancey's novel The 5th Wave a read. Whilst in the town next door, I saw it in a charity shop window for a £1. I thought it was worth a go, as I was going on holiday and needed something new to read. The book was a real page-turner, and … [Read more...]
Did BMAF have a whale of a time seeing ‘In the Heart of the Sea’?
The BMAF headed to the cinema recently to see our first film of 2016. With our local cinema being a Cineworld, we did not have the option of seeing the Hateful Eight, so took time to catch up on our viewing, by seeing In the Heart of the Sea, which has been in UK cinemas since Boxing Day. The film, directed by Ron Howard, is based on the book by Nathaniel Philbrick, of the … [Read more...]