Way back when Sigourney Weaver first faced off against Ridley Scott’s Alien, no one knew the franchise would be as successful as it is now, of course, things could have been different, had it not had such an incredible sequel in James Cameron’s Aliens that more sequels; prequels and spin-offs followed! By then we were so invested in the Aliens, we rushed out for films … [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...]
The next blockbuster, coming to a Sofa near you!
An interesting development appears to be happening in Hollywood at present. Sean Parker, the founder of Napster is developing a project called the Screening Room The idea is that audiences will no longer need to wait for a period of time after the film has left cinemas, to watch it at home. They will be able to watch it at the same time of Cinema release. So you could … [Read more...]
We’re Not Being Silenced About Our Favourite Oscar Best Picture Winner!
At the time of writing, the 2016 Oscars are happening this weekend. With the rise in Social Media, we’ve seen nothing but posts about what should or shouldn’t win, this year the Oscars are under a cloud due to the horrific #Oscarssowhite scandal. We want to gloss over that and think of Best Picture, some great choices and includes big box office far for a change in Mad Max: … [Read more...]
All Aboard! The BMAF’s Favourite cruise ship films.
When myself and Mrs BMAF go on holiday, we tend to choose holidays on a cruise ship, great to relax and switch off from work with Wi-Fi not the easiest thing to get a hold of in the middle of the ocean. To get me in the mood for the holiday, I tend to watch a cruise ship based film before I go. The trouble is Cruise ships do not tend to do well on film. Just this year, a … [Read more...]