It has been another busy film watching year for us, and whilst our top ten again features sequels a plenty, there was many original films that we liked too. Like everyone else we loved the excitement for cinema caused by Barbenheimer, we saw both and enjoyed Barbie, but I think our expectations had been sky high going in, and whilst we did love it, it didn't make our top … [Read more...]
We Review Captain Marvel, the latest entry to the Marvel World of Films
Synopsis: A Kree solider ends up on Earth in the 90s and is in a race against time to get to an energy source called the Tesseract. Director: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Writers: Anna Boden; Ryan Fleck; Geneva Robertson-Dworet; Nicole Perlman & Meg LeFauve Stars: Brie Larson; Samuel L.Jackson; Ben Mendelsohn; Jude Law; Annette Benning; Lashana Lynch; Gemma Chan; … [Read more...]
Is It Worth A Visit To See Kong On Skull Island?
We have written before, that we love a creature feature so it was always likely we were going to see Kong: Skull Island. However coming from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts who we had never heard of, for a blockbuster movie we went in with low hopes, especially as our previous King Kong watches have always left us entertained, but wanting more. It is safe to say that for us, … [Read more...]
BMAF Gets A Room (To Watch)
This week’s film choice was Room from director Lenny Abrahamson, based on the book by Emma Donoghue, who also wrote the screenplay. The film centres on a young woman called Ma (Brie Larson), and her son Jack (Jacob Tremblay) who we quickly learn are being held captive by the mysterious Old Nick (Sean Bridgers) in the Room of the film title,which has a bed, wardrobe, a … [Read more...]
Are Comic Book Films Losing Us More Original Films?
Now I for one do like a comic book film, I’m not the only one, so far in 2016, 4 of them fill up the top 10 highest grossing films; Captain America: Civil War; Deadpool; Batman V Superman and X-Men: Apocalypse. We can expect that list to very likely include Suicide Squad and maybe Doctor Strange as well, by the time the year ends. This juggernaut of a genre has heavy … [Read more...]