This week we saw Wonder Woman, a female-led comic book film which we had a lot of people sharing their love for. Now I am of an age where I think of Wonder Woman as Lynda Carter from the TV series but giving Gal Gadot’s performance was pretty much the best thing about Batman V Superman so I wanted to give this film a go myself. We went into the film in all honesty with … [Read more...]
Is Baywatch Worth a Watch? A BMAF review
Sometimes you want to see a film where you don’t need to give it too much concentration, hence why we ending up going to see Baywatch, even though we had never even seen an episode of the TV show. We especially liked that it was a comedy, which will make a change from all the big action blockbusters being released at the present time. The Baywatch film has plenty to … [Read more...]
BMAF joins David Brent for Life on the Road
Some 13 years have passed since David Brent (Ricky Gervais) left Wernham Hogg to become a travelling salesman in the hugely successful BBC show The Office. In the final episode of the show, it touched upon David becoming a singer, with his attempt to hit the big time included the releasing of a single which didn’t even touch the Top 40. We next saw David in 2013 when he … [Read more...]
BMAF Go Beyond With Star Trek
This week, we watched Star Trek Beyond. The third for the new Star Trek crew brought to the screen by J.J. Abrams in 2009 and followed up by Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013. We had mixed views going in with direction now being handled by Justin Lin, our concerns being he was more known for his Fast and Furious films, yet we were put at ease knowing Simon Pegg, as well as … [Read more...]
The Good & The Bad Of The Reboot/Remake
The reboot/remake is becoming increasingly more popular, with old favourites being turned into new movies or the now popular spin-off TV shows, with Lethal Weapon and Mallrats being the latest to be announced. The idea is of course not new, one of our favourite films of all time John Carpenter’s The Thing was a remake of 1951 classic The Thing From Another World. In … [Read more...]