This week we finally caught up on The Witch, a low budget horror film we missed at the cinema, due to its limited release, but had heard plenty of good things so wanted to see it! Now if you are expecting a gorefest with jumps and scares this probably isn’t the horror film for you. This is more a supernatural film within a historical period drama from writer/director … [Read more...]
Moving from Living in A Castle Book to A Castle Screen
We recently read the classic 1962 mystery thriller We Have Always Lived In The Castle, the final novel from acclaimed author Shirley Jackson. We were inspired to read by the news that the book is to be adapted for a film starring a BMAF fav Alexandra Daddario with further cast members including Sebastian Stan; Taissa Farmiga and Crispin Glover. The film tells the story of … [Read more...]
BMAF Read Inferno Prior To Its Big Screen Adaptation
Every so on a book comes along that will appear everywhere, many a train journey I had where everyone was reading a Harry Potter book, whilst not so obvious now due to the Kindle, the last book sensation would have been the Fifty Shades of Grey books. Prior to that the biggest bestseller that I can recall was Dan Brown’s The DaVinci code, so like everyone else I got onboard … [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...]
Regression: The Harry Potter favourite witch faces a Satanic Cult!
A chance spotting in a charity shop, we found Regression, the new film from Alejandro Amenabar, who made the supernatural film The Others starring Nicole Kidman. The film was at a fairly cheap price, so with the added bonus of helping a charity shop we took it home with us. Now we didn’t know much about this film, it passed us by in cinemas, but with a cast including Harry … [Read more...]