This week’s rental was the comedy-drama biopic of Florence Foster Jenkins by acclaimed directed Stephen Frears, from a script by Nicholas Martin. The story follows Florence (Meryl Streep) a New York heiress & socialite who founded the Verdi club to celebrate a love for Opera & Music. She is married to St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant), an English Shakespearean … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films See Keanu Reeves Exposed!
We picked up Exposed on DVD from a charity shop, as we at the BMAF are big fans of Keanu Reeves. We first came across him in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure where he showed great comedy skills but he will probably be best known for his big action roles from the likes of Speed; The Matrix; Point Break and most recently John Wick (oddly enough we picked this DVD up when … [Read more...]
We Read The More You Ignore Me Ahead of its Film Adaptation
When we heard the synopsis of the book The More You Ignore Me by Author and Comedian, Jo Brand, after hearing it was to be adapted for the big screen, we quickly obtained a copy. We only heard of the film being made, as it made a fair bit of coverage in the UK as Sheridan Smith was to be cast as Gina Wildgoose, a mother prone to psychotic episodes and we are fans of … [Read more...]
Can The Conjuring 2 Conjure Up More Scares Than 1st Film?
This week we rented The Conjuring 2, the sequel to the 2013 film about Paranormal investigators Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) once again directed by James Wan. The film opens up with the Warren’s investigating the house best known for the Amityville Horror, it also introduces us to The Nun (who will be getting her own spin-off horror film, as … [Read more...]
The Lego Movie, Everything Is Awesome…Maybe?
We at BMAF are planning on seeing The Lego Batman Movie soon, so decided to get ready for it by watching The Lego Movie. From the directing team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who brought us 21 and 22 Jump Street, as well as the previous animated success, Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs, this film follows Emmet Brickowoski (voiced by Chris Pratt) a Lego construction … [Read more...]