It seems every other day here at the BMAF office we read about another film being remade! Today, for the record it was Dario Argento’s Suspiria! But it seems movie companies are looking everywhere for new content and has seen big shows such as Les Miserables; Into the Woods and even Sweeney Todd leave the stage for the big screen These musicals are also attracting A list … [Read more...]
Vacation: Should you give this reboot the boot
National Lampoon's vacation films with Chevy Chase and its various sequels are normally fun to watch, the Christmas one I seem to find watching every year so I thought why not give the reboot a go The reboot stars Ed Helms (who I love in TV's The Office) as Rusty one of the Griswald children from the Chevy Chase films and Anchorman's Christina Applegate as his wife Debbie, so … [Read more...]
Game over for Adam Sandler? BMAF go to see Pixels
Recently we defended Tom Cruise in our blog and whilst we are not taking credit for it, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation was a box office smash Someone else who also seems to be disliked as much as liked is Adam Sandler, who entered this Summer's crowed Box Office with Pixels based on a short feature, it's premise certainly sounded fun, classic arcade games come down from … [Read more...]
Terminator Genisys: Is it Worth you Going ‘Back’ to This Franchise
The Barking Mad family are going on holiday next week but before all the packing and ironing gets done, there was time for a trip to the movies to see the latest instalment in the Terminator franchise To start with I have to admit, its last entry Terminator: Salvation I found to be a major let down and the only thing I can really remember from it is Christian Bale’s epic … [Read more...]
Cinema buck your ideas up
Recently I have discovered and fallen in love with the excellent TV show Breaking Bad airing here in the UK on spike TV, It’s one of those shows that you watch one episode and immediately want to watch another, hence the rise of the box set but now it appears cinema wants to play that game too, at the time of writing just this week, it has been announced the Independence day … [Read more...]