Pixar Animation studios have given Disney and us some amazing films over the years, from Toy Story to Wall-E. The films are loved by cinema-goers around the world and most will have a favourite, for us it was their 2003 film, Finding Nemo. When we heard a sequel, Finding Dory, was on the way, we had to contain our excitement, as whilst Toy Story 2 was as good as the … [Read more...]
Can Stephen King Make You Scared Of Your Cell Phone?
With news of Cell, the bestseller from ‘The King of Horror’ Stephen King, heading to our screen, we quickly found the book in a charity shop and gave it a read, to find out if it will be a great movie. Of course, reading the book will not tell us what the film will be like, King’s works have ranged from the excellent such as Misery; Stand By Me and The Mist to the not so … [Read more...]
BMAF Go Beyond With Star Trek
This week, we watched Star Trek Beyond. The third for the new Star Trek crew brought to the screen by J.J. Abrams in 2009 and followed up by Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013. We had mixed views going in with direction now being handled by Justin Lin, our concerns being he was more known for his Fast and Furious films, yet we were put at ease knowing Simon Pegg, as well as … [Read more...]
Adding Zombies to a period drama
We finally got round to seeing Pride and Prejudice and Zombies this week. Poor timing saw the film fail at the box office as was released at the same time as Zoolander 2 and Deadpool which meant fewer screenings, as those 2 enjoyed multiple screens. The film is based on the Jane Austen book, but with the additional material of Zombies added to the story by Seth … [Read more...]
Is the new Ghostbusters film spooktacular?
The new Ghostbusters film! What did we expect when we went in? We didn’t know to be honest, its director Paul Feig recently gave us Heat which we loved, but also Spy which we did not. The film has a sad attachment to it, with it being the hate target on the internet, most hated reboot, most dislikes on YouTube, hate for its female cast etc Now I love the 1984 original, … [Read more...]