This week we went to see Kenneth Branagh’s remake of Agatha Christie’s best selling Hercule Poirot adventure Murder on the Orient Express. Much like the famous 1974 film v Sidney Lumet film version, this again has an all-star cast in this murder mystery set on the famous Orient Express train. We first meet Poirot (Played by Branagh) when he solves a case in Jerusalem, … [Read more...]
10 Films That BMAF Can’t Wait To See For 2017
As we sat down and had a look at the films coming out for this year, we chose 10 which I guess may not look very original, but we want to see them none the less. Plenty of others we considered such as the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie; Murder on the Orient Express; War for the Planet of the Apes; Kingsman 2; Paddington 2; The Mummy and even Baywatch! The truth is … [Read more...]
All Aboard The Orient Express For A Cinema Classic
In the cinema news of late, it was announced that Kenneth Branagh would direct a remake of 1974 British Mystery Film classic, Murder on the Orient Express. Since the original announcement, it has been announced that Kenneth will not only direct but also be in front of the camera as Hercule Poirot, in the role made famous by Albert Finney in the 1974 film version of Agatha … [Read more...]
Review: Are we Nice about The Nice Guys
This week our films choice was the action/buddy movie The Nice Guys. A film we were very much looking forward to as from writer/director Shane Black whose last outing, Iron Man 3 was disappointing, his last film of this genre was Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang which was fantastic. In fact ignoring Iron Man 3, Shane has also written screenplays for epic action/buddy movies such as the … [Read more...]
How Star Wars Made us Revisit Cemetery Junction
This week was a huge week for movie trailers, we got our first look of the return of Ricky Gervais, as his TV legend role of David Brent from The Office. This was followed by a trailer for the first Star Wars origins story Rogue One. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story centres on how the rebels got the plans, that would eventually enable them to destroy the Death Star. One of … [Read more...]