We at BMAF hope to fit in a visit to see 'T2:Trainspotting' this week, the sequel to a film we first saw 21 years ages. With these plans, we dug out our DVD copy to give the original Trainspotting a watch to revisit the story so far. Trainspotting, based on the book by Irvine Welsh was brought to screen by the team that also made the excellent Shallow Grave, from writer John … [Read more...]
10 Films That BMAF Can’t Wait To See For 2017
As we sat down and had a look at the films coming out for this year, we chose 10 which I guess may not look very original, but we want to see them none the less. Plenty of others we considered such as the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie; Murder on the Orient Express; War for the Planet of the Apes; Kingsman 2; Paddington 2; The Mummy and even Baywatch! The truth is … [Read more...]
Film Location, Location, Location!
Which films were shot on the Isle of Wight? Fragile (2005), with Calista Flockhart, was partly filmed here, Red Funnel ferry and all. The island also appears in That'll Be The Day (1973), Mrs Brown (Osborne House) and Guest House Paradiso, the Bottom film. This Halloween we were looking for something spooky to watch and we saw in the film schedule that Film4 were showing … [Read more...]
Trainspotting Poster! The idea that we love!
Trainspotting is probably one of our favourite British films, it took a topic of drug use and didn't glamorise it at all! It also had an amazing soundtrack that went with its time of release! Then there was the line-up Trainspotting poster. One of the things that it did outside of the film was breakdown it's 5 characters from its poster, down into individual posters, so … [Read more...]