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...]
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...]
Barking Mad About Shark Films
At the time of writing this, it’s the 2016 Shark Week, which normally means many channels have programmes about these fishy stars of many a film, since one first rose to fame on screen with a simple der dum, der dum theme tune. That film was of course Jaws, despite being 41 years old this year, it remains barking mad about films favourite film. Our love of this film isn’t … [Read more...]
BMAF review Independence Day: Resurgence
We recently wrote that we revisited Independence Day ahead of this week's visit to see its long-awaited sequel Independence Day: Resurgence. So was it worth the 20-year wait? The quick answer is No, not really. This film has a lot of good ideas but is just a bit boring, to be honest. The film establishes earlier on that the Will Smith character died in an accident, … [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...]