We went to see the return of Renee Zellweger in her 3rd outing as RomCom favourite, Bridget Jones. In previous films, we’ve learnt about Bridget Jones’s Diary and then we saw Bridget question if she was ready to be in a relationship in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, well for the next stage in her life, we have this new film, Bridget Jones’s Baby. Set 12 … [Read more...]
Batman V Superman: A Fight Worth Watching?
We admit when Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice came out, we were not that motivated to rush out to see it, the truth is it came out the same time as Zootropolis and we liked the look of that more! We think we were suffering superhero film fatigue, which is odd as Batman has normally been the better character for these comic book films, especially the Tim Burton and … [Read more...]
Is Don’t Breathe a Do See?
This week, we headed off to see Don’t Breathe, from writer/director Fede Alvarez, who most recently gave us the reboot of the Evil Dead. Don’t Breathe is a home invasion film, with a twist. We follow Rocky (Jane Levy, reteaming with her Evil Dead director), her boyfriend, Money (Daniel Zovatto) and friend, Alex (Dylan Minnette) The 3 carry out many small burglaries, using … [Read more...]
BMAF watch the Suicide Squad!
It’s been a funny year for Blockbusters, the latest Star Trek, X-Men and Jason Bourne movies have all not been as well received as previous outings. However, Suicide Squad was expected to be the one film to buck that trend. Afer faltering starts from Man of Steel and Batman v Superman, Warner Brothers were hoping this film, also based on DC Comics characters could be the one … [Read more...]
Do We Rate High-Rise Highly?
We read J.G. Ballard’s book a while back when we heard High-Rise was to be made into a film. The reason for our interest was that it was to be directed by Ben Wheatley, who had given us amongst others, Down Terrace; Kill List and Sightseers, which we had enjoyed. The story centres around Robert Laing (Tom Hiddleston), who in the book we learn is moving to the High-Rise, … [Read more...]