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...]
We Feel the Need to Shout About A Quiet Place
This week we watched A Quiet Place, a scary movie that was not only written and directed but also stars John Krasinski with his actress wife Emily Blunt. The film opens on Day 89 with the Abbott family (Evelyn (Blunt) Lee (Krasinski) & their children, Regan (Millicent Simmonds) Marcus (Noah Jupe) & Beau (Cade Woodward) looking for supplies in a shop, and we see them … [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...]
Pacific Rim: Uprising – Monster Hit or Jaeger Bomb?
We are fans of the big-budget creature vs robots feature Pacific Rim so when the sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising came out, it was a no-brainer we would go see it. The sequel sadly for us was a major disappointment. Set 10 years after the events of the first film, troubled Jake (John Boyega) son of the Idris Elba ' Stacker' character of the first film is now stealing the … [Read more...]
BMAF Revisit Pacific Rim Ahead of its Sequel
With Pacific Rim Uprising opening soon, we decided to revisit the original from acclaimed director, Guillermo Del Toro Pacific Rim takes parts of Transformers and Godzilla in this big-budget creature feature which sees Earth having to create large robots called Jaegers, operated by 2 pilots, to fight the onslaught of large Kaiju, monstrous sea creatures. The film opens … [Read more...]