With Blade Runner 2049 arriving this year, and our most anticipated film in the second half of this year, we knew we wanted to revisit the original before seeing it. The first film released way back in 1982 was considered a box office disaster yet luckily over the years audiences and filmmakers have helped it find success. The film has, in fact, got so popular, we have had … [Read more...]
Patriots Day Shows The Horrors of Terrorism
This weekend we watched Patriots Day a film based on the horrific events of the Boston Marathon in 2013 when bombs was detonated in the crowd. This film follows the efforts of the authorities to track down the bombers and how Boston was in fear until they were captured. The film is the 3rd true story to brought screen by director Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg (the others … [Read more...]
BMAF Spend Time With Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!
This week we went to see Mother, an unusual film, in that we went in pretty much not knowing anything about it, thanks to a clever trailer campaign, which had enough to get you intrigued, yet not give anything away. From writer/director Darren Aronofsky, who has given us the confusing with Hugh Jackman film The Fountain; The excellent Black Swan starring Natalie Portman and … [Read more...]
Is IT A Great Adaptation Of A Stephen KIng Book?
We are fans of the books of Stephen King, and one of the ones we enjoyed the most was It, which gave us the iconic Pennywise the Clown, who is already known to many having already been immortalised by the legendary Tim Curry, in a 1990 TV mini series adaptation. With liking both the book and mini-series, as well as giving them a re-watch, we were highly excited to see … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Head To The Tower
This week we saw The Dark Tower, the latest film to be adapted from the books of Stephen King. However, unlike many other King novels we had not read any of the Dark Tower stories so went into the film with an open mind. From Director Nikolaj Arcel, the film is a science fiction fantasy with a bit of a western thrown in. The film introduces us to Roland the Gunslinger … [Read more...]