We went to see The Greatest Showman, a film that we would have said is not one that we would normally have chosen, but friends had enjoyed it and with not much else exciting us we gave it a try! The film follows P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) and his huge rise to success and the highs and lows of that, in this musical from director Michael Gracey. The film opens with a … [Read more...]
We Review Three Billboards, Do We Give It 3 Stars (or more?)
For our first film of 2018, we headed to the critically acclaimed Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri from Martin McDonagh, probably best known for his film, In Bruges. The film follows the frustrations of Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) who is grieving the horrific crime that occurred to her daughter Angela (Kathryn Newton) and is angered by the response of the … [Read more...]
Dunkirk – A War Film Like No Other!
This week, even though we are not a fan of War movies, we went to see Dunkirk, simply because its director Christopher Nolan had given us some cinematic masterpieces such as The Dark Knight and Inception. The film was like nothing we had seen before as it plays almost like a silent movie, in that there is not much in the way of script, we mainly just follow two soldiers … [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...]
Hacksaw Ridge: Director Mel Shows Us War is Hell
One of the films we wanted to see at the cinema but missed it due to it getting a surprisingly short run and ourselves being on holiday was Hacksaw Ridge, which was Mel Gibson’s return as director for the first time since Apocalypto way back in 2006 Mel had been battling a few shall we say off-screen problems which saw his front of camera performances reduced to cameos in … [Read more...]