We finally saw Me Before You this week, both Mrs BMAF & I loved the book by JoJo Moyes & I’m sure even Pepper enjoyed it, as she was curled up next to me, most of the time when I read it. We had high hopes for the film adaptation, how could you not with such a great cast, which we blogged about at the time of its announcement, which you can find here. Now the … [Read more...]
Illness on screen! A prescription for Box Office Success?
This week, Facebook highlighted that we had watched The Fault in our Stars A Teen Romantic Drama about illness, in this instance, sufferers with cancer, a year ago! What was a coincidence was that this week’s film rental was Miss You Already, again a film about someone coming to terms with being diagnosed with cancer. Films dealing with illness, terminal or not as well as … [Read more...]
Great Book & With This Cast ‘Me Before You’ Should Be a Great Film
When you first look at the cast which includes 'Game of Thrones' Emilia Clark and Charles Dance, 'The Hunger Games' Sam Claflin and 'Doctor Who' companion Jenna Coleman you would be forgiven that this would be a big Science Fiction blockbuster but you would be wrong. It is actually a story about A girl in a small town who forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man … [Read more...]