We watched Disney’s remake of their 1977 film Pete’s Dragon, as they continue to bring us live action reincarnations of their classic films, following the success of the Jungle Book, with reports that Dumbo and the Lion King are to follow. Now whilst reboot/remakes are horrific when they take on films you love and are nowhere near as good, for us we would include The Fog; … [Read more...]
Film Review: A Monster Calls, But Does It Do The Book Justice?
One of our favourite reads of last year was Patrick Ness novel ‘A Monster Calls’ from an idea by Siobhan Dowd. We discovered the book, after hearing it was to become a Movie, and knew we wanted to read before seeing it! So does the film do the book justice, Patrick Ness had written the script and from the director of The Orphanage and The Impossible, J.A. Bayona we had very … [Read more...]
The BMAF Top 10 Non Human Characters of 2016
Whilst we often see films for our favourite actors/actresses, it can often be the characters they play/voice we fall in love with, and they may be an animated or with advances in CGI and special effects, they can be something else not even human! So who made our Top 10 non-human characters of 2016: 10. Baloo (Voiced by Bill Murray) in the Jungle Book … [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...]