We watched Disney’s remake of their 1977 film Pete’s Dragon, as they continue to bring us live action reincarnations of their classic films, following the success of the Jungle Book, with reports that Dumbo and the Lion King are to follow. Now whilst reboot/remakes are horrific when they take on films you love and are nowhere near as good, for us we would include The Fog; … [Read more...]
Is The Legend of Tarzan Legendary or Not?
This week’s rental was the 2016 Blockbuster ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ from director David Yates, best known for his work as director on the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. The Edgar Rice Burroughs character has been portrayed many times from small to the big screen, with everything from TV shows to a Disney film. Whilst most portray the Tarzan in the jungle, … [Read more...]
Ninja Turtles Come Out Of The Shadows! Should They Have?
This week we saw the big-budget sequel to the comic book heroes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows. Now if we are honest, we really didn’t like its 2014 predecessor, directed by Jonathan Liebesman, but with the addition of Krang; Rocksteady; Bebop and Casey Jones, we were intrigued. The new film, again written by Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, is this time … [Read more...]
Are We As Addicted To The Angry Birds Movie As To Its App
When we used to commute to work, in a time before services like Netflix, let us download titles to watch, we would pass the time away playing the hugely popular game, Angry Birds. The game using Birds to cause destruction in order to save eggs from green pigs first appeared in 2009 and as of July 2015 had been downloaded in various formats, including a Star Wars & Rio … [Read more...]
BMAF Watch Beautiful Creatures In Another YA Book Adaptation
Over the festive period we picked up Beautiful Creatures on BluRay, it was one of those £1 films in Poundland, we hadn’t seen it, didn’t know much about it but knew that it starred Alden Ehrenreich as Ethan, who has been cast as Han Solo in the new Star Wars Anthology film, scheduled for a 2018 release. We had never seen him lead a film before, and looking at his IMDb … [Read more...]