We headed out to see the latest Marvel film Black Panther despite becoming tired of comic book movies, but as being directed from Ryan Coogler, the director of Fruitvale Station and Creed we felt this should be worth seeing. The film opens up with a back story about Wakanda, the nation of Black Panther and a flashback to a decision caused by the Wakandan king when he kills … [Read more...]
BMAF Do More Trainspotting As We See T2
This week we went to see T2: Trainspotting. The first film is truly iconic and a great anti-drug film and a must see! Now a lot of people expected this to be nothing more than a ‘cash grab’ but director Danny Boyle had always wanted to wait to the actors aged, as felt it could be more faithful to ‘Porno’ the Irvine Welsh written sequel, which has been adapted, like the first … [Read more...]
Should You Attend This Office Christmas Party?
This week we went to a cinematic Office Christmas Party, having been watching some of our favourite festive films on the small screen, it seemed like the thing to do. Christmas films become part of our Christmas viewing but since Elf in 2003 we haven’t loved that many more, with the exception of the A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas; Arthur Christmas and last years … [Read more...]
BMAF Enter The Green Room of Doom
We finally got round to seeing Green Room, the follow up to writer/director Jeremy Saulnier’s impressive Blue Ruin. The film centres on a Punk Band called Ain’t Rights. The band are wanting to be true to their music and have no social media presence so travel from one low paid gig to another, stealing petrol and living off rice to make ends meet. After a particularly low … [Read more...]
Cosplay: Another way to meet or be your movie heroes!
The San Diego Comic-Con http://www.comic-con.org/ is now one of the biggest events on the movie calendar, especially for films of the science fiction and fantasy genre. This year the London Comic-Con http://www.londonfilmandcomiccon.com/ was just as much on the map when it had a Back to the Future reunion with members of the cast holding talks and meeting fans. It’s a … [Read more...]