We at BMAF hope to fit in a visit to see 'T2:Trainspotting' this week, the sequel to a film we first saw 21 years ages. With these plans, we dug out our DVD copy to give the original Trainspotting a watch to revisit the story so far. Trainspotting, based on the book by Irvine Welsh was brought to screen by the team that also made the excellent Shallow Grave, from writer John … [Read more...]
Is La La Land A Film To Sing About?
This week we watched La La Land, we heard good things about this film, but apart from knowing it’s a musical, didn’t know too much about it. We chose to see this more on the fact it was from writer/director Damien Chazelle who made the excellent Whiplash. The film opens with a huge traffic jam, a driver looks to be getting out of their car to see why the cars are not … [Read more...]
Film Review: A Monster Calls, But Does It Do The Book Justice?
One of our favourite reads of last year was Patrick Ness novel ‘A Monster Calls’ from an idea by Siobhan Dowd. We discovered the book, after hearing it was to become a Movie, and knew we wanted to read before seeing it! So does the film do the book justice, Patrick Ness had written the script and from the director of The Orphanage and The Impossible, J.A. Bayona we had very … [Read more...]
Is The Force Strong With Rogue One. A Star Wars Story
This week we saw Rogue One, billed as a Star Wars story and fits in between the events of Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV – A New Hope. Unlike The Force Awakens, our expectations were not as high for this release, as whilst we enjoyed the low-budget Monsters from its director Gareth Edwards, in all honestly, we were very underwhelmed by his Godzilla … [Read more...]
Me Before You: Romance & Tears For Will & Lou!
We finally saw Me Before You this week, both Mrs BMAF & I loved the book by JoJo Moyes & I’m sure even Pepper enjoyed it, as she was curled up next to me, most of the time when I read it. We had high hopes for the film adaptation, how could you not with such a great cast, which we blogged about at the time of its announcement, which you can find here. Now the … [Read more...]