When we heard about the tragic accident that took young actor Anton Yelchin’s life, like most we reflected on his past films. The first time we saw him in a film, was opposite BMAF favourite, Jennifer Lawrence in Jodie Foster’s film The Beaver. But like many of us, he was probably more known for his work in big box office films such as Fright Night; Terminator Salvation; … [Read more...]
Did BMAF Rate The Hateful Eight?
In 1991, we saw the debut film of a director called Quentin Tarantino, that film was Reservoir Dogs and it was one of the best films of that year by far. Proving that was no flash in the pan, his next film would reap even more acclaim, and turn John Travolta back into a leading man, that film was of course Pulp Fiction. Tarantino’s films have continued to not … [Read more...]
Joy: Lawrence Mops Up The Awards Again!
This week's film rental was Joy starring BMAF favourite, Jennifer Lawrence re-teaming with her American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook director David O. Russell. It would also reunite her with Bradley Cooper (this would be their fourth time working together as these 2 also starred in Serena)her The film sees Jennifer play Joy Mangano, a divorced mother in the 90’s who … [Read more...]
BMAF Rewatch ID4: Independence Day
1996, the earth came under attack from aliens, in the HUGE box office hit, Independence Day (also known as ID4) from Roland Emmerich & Dean Devlin, reteaming after their huge hit, Stargate. Whilst Stargate would go on to spin off into a hugely popular TV series, it was surprising that ID4 never got a sequel, after all, it was a huge box office success, making some $800m … [Read more...]
BMAF Go Through the Looking Glass
We at Barking Mad About love Tim Burton films, for us he hasn’t made a bad film, but his remakes and reboots whilst hugely enjoyable to watch are not a match for his original tales such as Beetlejuice; Edward Scissorhands; Sleepy Hollow and our personal favourite of his, Ed Wood. His reboots/remakes seem to get him the most criticism starting from his remake of Planet of the … [Read more...]