We finally caught up with Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s much-loved children’s book The BFG, from a script by his E.T. writer Melissa Mathison. It was not a book we had read if we were honest, nor had we seen the previous and much-loved UK animated TV version of the tale, with the voice of David Jason, but we had heard so many people say that this was a … [Read more...]
Is Split a Return To Form For M. Night Shyamalan?
This week we saw Split, the new film from Writer/Director M. Night Shyamalan, a director who started off so well, with films like The Sixth Sense; Signs and Unbreakable but seemed to lose his way with bigger budgets like After Earth and The Last Airbender. We had heard this was a return to form for him, so we decided to give it a chance. Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) … [Read more...]
Is The Legend of Tarzan Legendary or Not?
This week’s rental was the 2016 Blockbuster ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ from director David Yates, best known for his work as director on the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. The Edgar Rice Burroughs character has been portrayed many times from small to the big screen, with everything from TV shows to a Disney film. Whilst most portray the Tarzan in the jungle, … [Read more...]
BMAF Takes A Ride To See Monster Trucks
Our last cinema trip of 2016 saw us see Monster Trucks a film which must like the reboot of Ghostbusters was being destroyed on the Internetas nowadays everyone is a critic! Yet from the trailers, we just thought it looked a fun family flick with hints of classic horror B movies with some comedy and science fiction thrown in. All the potential to be a cult classic in years … [Read more...]
Passengers With Romance and Danger it’s Titanic in Space
We rushed out to see Passengers this week, it really did sound like one to watch, with a cast of Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, and from director Morten Tyldum, who had brought us The Imitation Game and Headhunters, based on the Jo Nesbo book to critical acclaim. The screenplay from Jon Spaihts had been on a blacklist since 2007 for most liked, yet unmade scripts so we … [Read more...]