This week, we watched Star Trek Beyond. The third for the new Star Trek crew brought to the screen by J.J. Abrams in 2009 and followed up by Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013. We had mixed views going in with direction now being handled by Justin Lin, our concerns being he was more known for his Fast and Furious films, yet we were put at ease knowing Simon Pegg, as well as … [Read more...]
Watch Absolutely Anything on Netflix
Looking for a film to watch on Netflix, we came across Absolutely Anything which looked like it could be fun. Directed by Terry Jones of the Monty Python team and director of their classic films Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Life of Brian; Meaning of Life and other classics like Personal Services and Wind in the Willows. The film concerns Neil, (Simon Pegg), a bored … [Read more...]
Film Location, Location, Location!
This Halloween we were looking for something spooky to watch and we saw in the film schedule that Film4 were showing Fragile. Fragile is a 2005 film starring Calista Flockhart who we used to love as TVs Ally McBeal. However, the reason we took notice of this film, was because we knew that it had in part been filmed on the Isle of Wight, home of Barking Mad About … [Read more...]
Twitter: Bringing you closer to all things film
Twitter is very much a big part of my free time! You can find me tweeting all sorts of stuff, especially about Film under @bill626 Yet there did exist a time when I didn't tweet and would moan at Mrs BMAF who seemed to all the time. If you can't beat them, join them! I decided to get involved, finding movie stars & companies to follow. Needless to say, it got me … [Read more...]
Should you accept another Mission Impossible
So as fans of this action franchise, we were in the queue to see the Fifth adventure entitled Rogue Nation on its opening this week We did well to avoid the trailer campaign for this one other than we know Tom Cruise looks to top his Dubai tower sequence from the last film Ghost Protocol by this time hanging off a plane whilst in the air This is a franchise that never seems … [Read more...]