One of the most anticipated films, Fantastic Beasts (and where to find them), was our choice of film this week. The film would send us back into the wizarding world, created by J.K. Rowling, which we last saw in the 8th and final Harry Potter film in 2011. That film, also directed by Fantastic Beasts, David Yates, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was best known for … [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...]
Does Shooter Hit Our Action Film Targets?
One of our favourite action films of recent years was the 2007 Shooter, directed by Antoine Fuqua. We were reminded of it when we heard that it was being remade for TV, and will debut on Netflix. It should be noted the film itself was based on Point of Impact (which is available at Amazon here) the first in Stephen Hunter’s book series, so it does have the content to extend … [Read more...]
The ‘Arrival’ of a Must See Film
This week we saw Arrival, the new film from the director of Sicario and the forthcoming sequel, Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve. We had high hopes for this film as Sicario was one of our favourite films of last year, and we enjoy the Science Fiction genre. The fact that film was being compared to classics like Contact; Gravity and 2001: A Space Odyssey. This isn’t a … [Read more...]
Did We Worship The Gods of Egypt Film?
We recently watched Gods of Egypt, a big budget film that was certainly not a blockbuster upon release. This fantasy adventure had us intrigued as was from director, Alex Proyas who had given us The Crow; Dark City, I,Robot and his last film of 7 years ago, Knowing, all of which we enjoyed, so despite despite it's flop status, we decided to give it a go. In an alternate … [Read more...]