This week we saw Sicario 2, we loved the first film (our review) but with no Denis Villeneuve directing or Emily Blunt returning, we were not sure what to expect but John Brolin and Benicio Del Toro do return giving the film a stronger connection to the original than other sequels is on screen. But we do not even get time to dwell on missing those as the film opens with a … [Read more...]
Deadpool 2 Goes for Bigger But is it Better in This Sequel?
As fans of the original Deadpool film, we were obviously excited for the sequel, this time however with a change of director, this time being David Leitch who gave us Atomic Blonde and was co-director on the first John Wick we were expecting more action this time. So it is with great disappointment that this was sadly nowhere near as good as the original film. This is in … [Read more...]
We Follow the Marvel Avengers into an Infinity War!
Our latest watch was the latest Marvel Comics film, Avengers: Infinity War and if we are honest, went in with low expectations Which is odd, as whilst we often think we are tired of these films, they always leave us pleasantly surprised, I guess it’s because of the film's genre current almost monopoly of the box office, we see less new original content, though this is in … [Read more...]
Sicario! One of this year’s best
We saw a trailer for this film early in the year and it looked good and whilst we try to ignore reviews, the poster is covered with plaudits so on its release we knew we should go with our initial instincts and be seeing this one. Wow! This is a film we will bark to all to see, from Denis Villeneuve who recently directed the also very good 2013 film ‘Prisoners’ starring Hugh … [Read more...]
Climbing Everest via Your Cinema Seat!
This week’s film of choice for BMAF was the film of the real-life events that occurred on a climbing expedition to the top of Everest in 1996. The film follows Rob Hall (played by Jason Clarke, recently seen in Terminator: Genisys) and his tour company which helps the adventures fulfil their ambitions to scale the peak of Everest, amongst them are Doug (John Hawkes) and Beck … [Read more...]