We at BMAF would say our favourite book by the incredibly talented Dr.Seuss has to be How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Luckily for us, when adapted it has done rather well, we shall not mention the horror that was the live-action Cat in the Hat movie with Mike Myers! The Ron Howard directed version of The Grinch, with Jim Carrey as the grumpy old green creature, is … [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...]
The BMAF Answer to is Die Hard A Christmas Movie?
As the Festive season approaches many share their favourite Christmas films, we are no exception but one that seems to cause more controversy than most is Die Hard Many class this film as a Christmas movie but many say that it's not, we questioned a while ago what makes it non-festive when we saw another film which is clearly set around the period so we agree slightly with … [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...]
BMAF Go On ‘The Descent’ In Search Of Scares
As Halloween approaches we tend to look into our film collection for those Horror/Scary films to watch. This year we chose to revisit 2005 British Horror classic The Descent. A film that probably had the same effect on going into caves as Jaws did for those going into the water. From writer/director Neil Marshall, this would be his follow up to the excellent horror debut, … [Read more...]