We went to our local cinema to see Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the sequel to the much-loved late, great Robin Williams family adventure film Jumanji. If the truth is told, the trailers had left us underwhelmed but strong word of mouth had us intrigued. The film does well to establish that the dated board game of the original needed to be upgraded for new tech-savvy … [Read more...]
Dunkirk – A War Film Like No Other!
This week, even though we are not a fan of War movies, we went to see Dunkirk, simply because its director Christopher Nolan had given us some cinematic masterpieces such as The Dark Knight and Inception. The film was like nothing we had seen before as it plays almost like a silent movie, in that there is not much in the way of script, we mainly just follow two soldiers … [Read more...]
The BMAF 2017 Half Year Top 10 Films
So as we reach the halfway point of 2017, we look back on our favourite 10 films of the year so far. We are pleased to see it's not all sequels and yet despite claims of suffering comic book film fatigue, 2 comic book films made the list and again both from the Marvel studio, yet DC Comics Wonder Woman only narrowly missed our list. So here is our countdown, we are sure … [Read more...]
Hacksaw Ridge: Director Mel Shows Us War is Hell
One of the films we wanted to see at the cinema but missed it due to it getting a surprisingly short run and ourselves being on holiday was Hacksaw Ridge, which was Mel Gibson’s return as director for the first time since Apocalypto way back in 2006 Mel had been battling a few shall we say off-screen problems which saw his front of camera performances reduced to cameos in … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Talk Sequels: The Good & The Bad
Way back when Sigourney Weaver first faced off against Ridley Scott’s Alien, no one knew the franchise would be as successful as it is now, of course, things could have been different, had it not had such an incredible sequel in James Cameron’s Aliens that more sequels; prequels and spin-offs followed! By then we were so invested in the Aliens, we rushed out for films … [Read more...]