This week we saw the Stephen Chbosky film, Wonder, based on the best-seller by R.J. Palacio. It’s a heartwarming drama about a young boy called August ‘Auggie’ Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) a boy with a strong facial deformity from childbirth, who has been homeschooled most of his young life, is now to enter into school life, as his family feel he needs to do this to experience … [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...]
Me Before You: Romance & Tears For Will & Lou!
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...]