About to hit cinemas are what are sure to be 2 huge blockbusters; Passengers and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, what is unsurprising is both will most likely be rated 12a, meaning anyone can see them, but under 12’s need an adult with them. When I saw the first Star Wars in 1977 it was a U, as I grew up we had so many family films:The Goonies; Back to The Future; War Games; … [Read more...]
13 Hours. Krasinski & The War In Benghazi
Today we watched 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, in part because we wanted to see the transformation of John Krasinski, (who we love as Jim in the American version of The Office) from his usual RomCom lead to action star From director Michael Bay, who has found fame with the Transformers movies, but we much prefer for his earlier work like B Armageddon, Bad … [Read more...]
Baywatch casting makes us want to consider drowning to be saved =)
It was recently announced that Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson would be returning to our screens in the film reboot of Baywatch, coming from Seth Gordon, director of Identity Thief and Horrible Bosses. Now at this time, I should confess to have never even seen an episode of the TV show or it’s spin-off Baywatch nights! I’m not sure why, I think initially it used to clash with … [Read more...]
All Aboard! The BMAF’s Favourite cruise ship films.
When myself and Mrs BMAF go on holiday, we tend to choose holidays on a cruise ship, great to relax and switch off from work with Wi-Fi not the easiest thing to get a hold of in the middle of the ocean. To get me in the mood for the holiday, I tend to watch a cruise ship based film before I go. The trouble is Cruise ships do not tend to do well on film. Just this year, a … [Read more...]
Caged In: When Paying the Bills Means Straight to DVD for Nicolas
This weekend, Channel 5, one of our TV stations had a disaster movie weekend and amongst their chosen features was the network premiere of 2014 film Left Behind. A film, of what seems to be a never-ending list starring Nicolas Cage! Due to his well-known issues with the Tax Man, he seems to have a film come out every 4-6 months to pay the bills, some of which you may have seen … [Read more...]