We could not wait to see the movie adaptation of Ransom Riggs book, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, directed by our favourite film director, Tim Burton! With Tim directing and fact that we had loved the book (You can read our review of it here) we had high hopes for this one. Now we read many books, normally we choose them when we hear they are to be filmed … [Read more...]
Send The Animated Moviestars On Tour
This week, Po, the Kung Fu Panda, voiced by Jack Black charges into UK cinemas for Kung Fu Panda 3 with his superstar voiced friends Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) Tigress (Angelina Jolie) Mantis (Seth Rogen) Viper (Lucy Liu) Crane (David Cross) and Jackie Chan as Monkey. Adding to the cast, this time are Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston; J.K. Simmons and Kate Hudson. The films have … [Read more...]
The Hunger Games: Good things come to those who wait!
http://amzn.to/2115X1B In 2011, I used to have a long commute to work so would read many books on my train journey to work, one of the books that was recommended to me was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It was a great recommendation as I read it in no time and quickly devoured its two sequels Catching Fire and Mockingjay! I read with anticipation that the first book … [Read more...]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Is it MockingYAH or Mocking Nah?
We have just left the cinema after seeing one of this year's most anticipated blockbusters. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 A lot was riding on this film, as there seems to be a huge disappointment from the decision to split Suzanne Collins 3rd book in 2. The first part did not offer a lot for those who loved the books and I know from speaking to those who hadn’t read … [Read more...]
The Scorch Trials: BMAF goes back to the Maze
If it’s not Sequels; Remakes; Reboots or Comic Book films, it's likely to be a film based on a YA (Young Adult Novel) Our personal favourite is The Hunger Games (Of course having Jennifer Lawrence, being our fav Actress in it, probably helps) but these YA films from books have done exceptionally well from the Twilight Saga/Harry Potter to those that didn’t even get past the … [Read more...]