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...]
BMAF Join Valerian to Visit The City of a 1000 Planets
We could not wait to see Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets which is based on the popular graphic novel series Valerian. Whilst his last film Lucy was also SyFy, this was big budget fare more like his classic The Fifth Element. The film opens with a montage of first encounters to take us to the 28th Century and Space Station Alpha (known as the City of … [Read more...]
10 Films We Can’t Wait To See In The Second Half of 2017
Having shared our 10 favourite films of the first half of 2017, it’s now the time to share the 10 we are most looking forward to seeing in the second half of the year. It is a reflection of the times that it does include reboots and sequels but also some original films. Of course, we are sure this list will include more as we learn more about them, but possibly because … [Read more...]
The BMAF 2017 Half Year Top 10 Films
So as we reach the halfway point of 2017, we look back on our favourite 10 films of the year so far. We are pleased to see it's not all sequels and yet despite claims of suffering comic book film fatigue, 2 comic book films made the list and again both from the Marvel studio, yet DC Comics Wonder Woman only narrowly missed our list. So here is our countdown, we are sure … [Read more...]
We Enter The Dark Universe To See Tom Cruise’s Mummy
This week we went out to see The Mummy, a new film to be part of the Dark Universe movie series with Universal Studios looking to bring all their classic monsters back to the big screen. The Mummy, personally I would have thought would have been done later on in the series when it was more established, given that for most, this was the Universal monster known to most thanks … [Read more...]