James Bond, agent 007, has always given cinema goers a licence to thrill! We ourselves have been a 007 cinema regular since Licence to Kill! We had of course seen many of his previous outings on the Television prior. Daniel Craig has really made the part his own, being a more serious Bond, more like Timothy Dalton & Sean Connery than the more fun like turns of Roger Moore … [Read more...]
What Happens Next? Adding to the Film Experience
We have looked in a previous blog at how movies can sell products using everything from Minions to characters from Disney. But it doesn’t just have to be food they can put their name to, clothing, of course is an obvious one. I’ve many a film related T-shirt. Licensing can be a multi-million pound industry, all adding to our film experience! Star Wars is often praised as … [Read more...]
Finding Love in the Time of Monsters
We here at the BMAF love a creature feature, so we were especially pleased when we were approached by the makers of new film Love in the Time of Monsters to give it a watch. We were apprehensive at first, as what if we thought it was awful, we would still owe them a good review, but we are pleased to report we really enjoyed it. The debut film of director Matt Jackson and … [Read more...]
Eat the movies!
Every week, I head off to our local Tesco (other stores are available) to do our weekly food shop. I have quite a good little deal going on with Mrs Barking Mad About Films, we go out for lunch first, then I leave her in the restaurant and do the shop. She uses it as thinking time to work on her business and it means I can whizz round the shop and do it faster. Yes, we could … [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...]