The one genre that is dominating cinema is the comic book hero film, in particular, those from Marvel and DC comics. In fact with shows like Arrow and Supergirl you could argue they are dominating our TV viewing too. We have to admit though we are slightly losing interest with them a bit, we enjoy them and we have quite a few of them in our collection, but maybe we need a … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Shark Films
At the time of writing this, it’s the 2016 Shark Week, which normally means many channels have programmes about these fishy stars of many a film, since one first rose to fame on screen with a simple der dum, der dum theme tune. That film was of course Jaws, despite being 41 years old this year, it remains barking mad about films favourite film. Our love of this film isn’t … [Read more...]
Did BMAF Rate The Hateful Eight?
In 1991, we saw the debut film of a director called Quentin Tarantino, that film was Reservoir Dogs and it was one of the best films of that year by far. Proving that was no flash in the pan, his next film would reap even more acclaim, and turn John Travolta back into a leading man, that film was of course Pulp Fiction. Tarantino’s films have continued to not … [Read more...]
3-D or not 3-D, That is the Question (for Movie Goers Lately ?)
Around 2005, our film experiences were served up a new experience which had been used in cinema as early as even the Fifties when a creature emerged from a Black Lagoon to scare movie fans in the format we know as 3-D Previous attempts to use 3-D have occurred since the Fifties, most notably in the Eighties especially in the Threequel, Jason stalked his victims on a Friday the … [Read more...]