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...]
Barking Mad About Films Heads To A Room See To See The Disaster Artist
We discovered a film called The Room this year, due to in part to its fame on Social Media, its cult following and the fact that nearly every article it features in, normally has a headline with ‘Is This the Worst Film ever made?’ and now on top of that, we have a biopic of the making of it called The Disaster Artist. Based on the book of the same name by one of the film … [Read more...]
BMAF Board Kenneth Branagh’s Orient Express Remake
This week we went to see Kenneth Branagh’s remake of Agatha Christie’s best selling Hercule Poirot adventure Murder on the Orient Express. Much like the famous 1974 film v Sidney Lumet film version, this again has an all-star cast in this murder mystery set on the famous Orient Express train. We first meet Poirot (Played by Branagh) when he solves a case in Jerusalem, … [Read more...]
Do We Suggest You Give The Snowman The Cold Shoulder?
When we first saw the trailer for The Snowman, we quickly read the Jo Nesbo book it is based on which is part of the Harry Hole book series on a recent holiday, and what a page-turner! So much so, we now waited in anticipation for the film release even more than the first viewing of that trailer With its genre known as Scandi-Noir, which has spawned massive TV hits like … [Read more...]