One of our must-see films for 2017 was Baby Driver, Writer/Director Edgar Wright’s first film since The Worlds End way back in 2013, this, of course, being because of that Ant-Man mess, a film we liked, but we are sure Edgar & Joe Cornish would have made an even better version. We are big fans of his work from TV’s Spaced with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, which would … [Read more...]
Is This Animated Film Something to ‘Sing’ About?
Today we saw animated box office hit Sing from writer/director Garth Jennings about some animals competing in a talent show. The film follows a Koala bear called Buster Moon (Voiced by Matthew McConaughey) who owns a failing theatre and is desperate to put on one big show to save it from closure. With the popularity of talent shows on TV, he believes that by putting one … [Read more...]
Hacksaw Ridge: Director Mel Shows Us War is Hell
One of the films we wanted to see at the cinema but missed it due to it getting a surprisingly short run and ourselves being on holiday was Hacksaw Ridge, which was Mel Gibson’s return as director for the first time since Apocalypto way back in 2006 Mel had been battling a few shall we say off-screen problems which saw his front of camera performances reduced to cameos in … [Read more...]
Does Wonder Woman Deliver Comic Book Film Girl Power?
This week we saw Wonder Woman, a female-led comic book film which we had a lot of people sharing their love for. Now I am of an age where I think of Wonder Woman as Lynda Carter from the TV series but giving Gal Gadot’s performance was pretty much the best thing about Batman V Superman so I wanted to give this film a go myself. We went into the film in all honesty with … [Read more...]
BMA Enter The Void For Old School Horror Special Effects
Today we caught up with watching The Void, a horror film that we had wanted to see for quite a while. The film was set us using crowd funding and like Harbinger Down, which also was made with help of crowd funding, promised minimal CGI and proper old school Special Effects. The film opens with a couple escaping a farmhouse, the man makes it to the woods but the woman is … [Read more...]