This week we went to see T2: Trainspotting. The first film is truly iconic and a great anti-drug film and a must see! Now a lot of people expected this to be nothing more than a ‘cash grab’ but director Danny Boyle had always wanted to wait to the actors aged, as felt it could be more faithful to ‘Porno’ the Irvine Welsh written sequel, which has been adapted, like the first … [Read more...]
Choose Life! Choose to Watch Trainspotting!
We at BMAF hope to fit in a visit to see 'T2:Trainspotting' this week, the sequel to a film we first saw 21 years ages. With these plans, we dug out our DVD copy to give the original Trainspotting a watch to revisit the story so far. Trainspotting, based on the book by Irvine Welsh was brought to screen by the team that also made the excellent Shallow Grave, from writer John … [Read more...]
Is Split a Return To Form For M. Night Shyamalan?
This week we saw Split, the new film from Writer/Director M. Night Shyamalan, a director who started off so well, with films like The Sixth Sense; Signs and Unbreakable but seemed to lose his way with bigger budgets like After Earth and The Last Airbender. We had heard this was a return to form for him, so we decided to give it a chance. Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) … [Read more...]
Does Now You See Me 2 Bring Back Magic of The Original?
The first Now You See Me film was an unexpected delight, with a great cast, which was a good original thriller, with a lot of escapism and fun on the way, so we finally got round to seeing Now You See Me 2. The film finds the Horsemen; J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg) Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson) & Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) in hiding still, after outwitting the … [Read more...]
Ninja Turtles Come Out Of The Shadows! Should They Have?
This week we saw the big-budget sequel to the comic book heroes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows. Now if we are honest, we really didn’t like its 2014 predecessor, directed by Jonathan Liebesman, but with the addition of Krang; Rocksteady; Bebop and Casey Jones, we were intrigued. The new film, again written by Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, is this time … [Read more...]