Whilst on holiday, we read a couple of books, one being Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One. When it was first released we had heard a little about it, but it really hit our radar when it was announced a film adaptation was to follow with Stephen Spielberg to direct. What surprised us most was how excited this made us, he of course. has directed some great films, from Jaws to … [Read more...]
Can Stephen King Make You Scared Of Your Cell Phone?
With news of Cell, the bestseller from ‘The King of Horror’ Stephen King, heading to our screen, we quickly found the book in a charity shop and gave it a read, to find out if it will be a great movie. Of course, reading the book will not tell us what the film will be like, King’s works have ranged from the excellent such as Misery; Stand By Me and The Mist to the not so … [Read more...]
10 Films We Can’t Wait To See For Rest Of 2016
So our next visit to the cinema will almost certainly be Star Trek Beyond out in cinemas 22nd July. But in no particular order other than one exception, here are 10 films that we can almost guarantee we will be heading to our local cinema to see: So the guaranteed must see for us to start the list is Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children due out 30th September We … [Read more...]
Why We Can’t Wait Until A Monster Calls
We saw the trailer for a film a while back called A Monster Calls, and we were intrigued as like all good trailers, it didn’t give much away. Looking into it further, we found it was based on a book so we immediately got a copy. The story of the book is almost as heartbreaking as the book itself, author Siobhan Dowd had the idea for it, but handed over the writing to Patrick … [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...]