The one genre that is dominating cinema is the comic book hero film, in particular, those from Marvel and DC comics. In fact with shows like Arrow and Supergirl you could argue they are dominating our TV viewing too. We have to admit though we are slightly losing interest with them a bit, we enjoy them and we have quite a few of them in our collection, but maybe we need a … [Read more...]
Watching Favourite Of His To Mourn Gene Wilder
Our choice of film to watch from our collection was See No Evil, Hear No Evil (SNE,HNE) a 1989 comedy classic. Our reason for watching was based on the sad news that its star Gene Wilder had passed away. Many others will choose his stunning performance as the lead in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, a film that inspired not only a remake but a popular meme, which means … [Read more...]
Samberg: From TV Cop Star to Movie Popstar!
Barking Mad About Films review Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Film Main Cast: Conner: Andy Samberg * Owen: Jorma Taccone *# Lawrence: Akiva Schaffer *# Paula: Sarah Silverman Harry: Tim Meadows *Written by as well Directed by as well# Run Time: 87 Minutes Certificate: 15 Link to … [Read more...]
Does Eddie the Eagle Soar In This Biopic?
This week for the BMAF household we saw Eddie the Eagle, a film based (very loosely) on the true events of Eddie Edwards, who became the first British Ski Jumper at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Oddly enough this film will most likely have you thinking of Cool Runnings, the film about the Jamaican Bobsled team, as this also happened at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The film … [Read more...]
BMAF watch the Suicide Squad!
It’s been a funny year for Blockbusters, the latest Star Trek, X-Men and Jason Bourne movies have all not been as well received as previous outings. However, Suicide Squad was expected to be the one film to buck that trend. Afer faltering starts from Man of Steel and Batman v Superman, Warner Brothers were hoping this film, also based on DC Comics characters could be the one … [Read more...]