This Week we watched Before We Go, a Romantic Drama with a bit of comedy, directed by, and starring 'Captain America' himself, Chris Evans. The film centres on an evening spent between two strangers Nick (Chris Evans) and Brooke (Alice Eve). We first meet Nick, busking at Grand Central Terminal, we learn later that he is town for a big audition, which could vastly improve … [Read more...]
Hoping For A Return To Form From Adam
When I was a lot younger, one Actor/Comedian always would have massive hits in the US, but they would never be as popular in the UK, I am of course talking about Adam Sandler. This always used to surprise me. An actor who I had seen in the background of such films as Coneheads and Airheads, as well as the Steve Martin film, Mixed Nuts uit not taken much notice of him. I … [Read more...]
Primal Fear: Head to Court with Norton and Gere!
This week at BMAF HQ, we watched, via Netflix, the 1996 courtroom drama Primal Fear, based on the book by William Diehl. The Film follows Richard Gere as a seemingly unbeatable hotshot lawyer, Martin Vail. When an archbishop is brutally murdered, an altar boy is arrested after fleeing from the crime scene. All evidence would appear to show he is the guilty party. The … [Read more...]
From Letterbox with Lovefilm!
On Sunday, in the Barking Mad about Films household, it’s movie night. This is when I, with Pepper and Mrs. BMAF, head for our sofa and watch a film, we all want to watch at the end of a busy week. To aid us in this quest, we have the minimum subscription to Lovefilm from Amazon, as although we are lucky enough to have an Amazon Prime subscription, sometimes you just want … [Read more...]
Hush (2016) – Shout it out loud! Its not a remake but something new
In 2014, we enjoyed a horror film with Doctor Who star Karen Gillan called Oculus. So when we heard its writer/director Mike Flanagan had made a new film, Hush, now showing on Netflix, we had to give it a watch. Unlike Oculus, this is not a supernatural horror film, but a home invasion, scary film. Now the home invasion film has been done many times before, examples such … [Read more...]