Hi, it is Bill and Teddy the Chihuahua again and time for our review of October in Barking Mad About Films Newsletter.
So, without any further ado, welcome to our November review….
BARKING MAD ABOUT NOVEMBER
We as ever continued our quest to watch at least one film a day, so included many classics as well as new titles.
This month was filled with lots of rewatches and some now. We continued with some horror films despite watching one a day in October.
Our highlights were Gunpowder Milkshake, a female led action film that sees Karen Gillan go full John Wick.
Whilst preferred the Adam Cesare book, we had a lot of fun with the Clown in a Cornfield movie.
We started watching TV show, I Love LA, so checked out the Rachel Sennott film, Shiva Baby which was a lot of fun.
We really enjoyed watching Wind River, which we had been inspired to watch after reading Jeremy Renner’ book last month.
We really enjoyed Everybody Wants Some, the spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused.
And the latest telling of the Frankenstein story from Guillermo Del Toro.
We also found time to watch a great documentary Pennywise, the Making of IT, about the making of the original It Mini Series and
we also read quite a few books.
As ever you can find every film, we watch by following us on Letterboxd.
BARKING MAD ABOUT CINEMA
Our October cinema visits.
The highlight by far was Predator: Badlands, it was a complete change of style feeling more like a Marvel movie, but it was a lot of fun.
We enjoyed seeing Glen Powell as the new The Running Man from Edgar Wright which was lot more faithful to the Stephen King short story than the Arnold Schwarzenegger version.
The weakest of the 3 Osgood Perkins film we have seen on the big screen, Keeper (following Longlegs and The Monkey) was still a unique trip.
We also saw the return of the horseman magical group, in Now You See Me, Now You Don’t.
BARKING MAD THE FOCKERS.
We watched all three films in the Focker trilogy, ahead of the fourth film being announced.
Meet the Parents remains a classic.
Meet the Fockers, the sequel was a lot better than we remembered.
Little Fockers, the third, whilst not as bad as we remembered did lose something, especially the splitting up of Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand, whose relationship made the sequel.
BARKING MAD IN MEMOMORIUM.
We still continue to catch up on Robert Redford films we have not seen, and enjoyed his romcom with Michelle Pfeiffer in Up Close and Personal.
We also had a first time watch of the very enjoyable The First Wives Club after the announcement of the passing of Diane Keaton.
After the passing of Sally Kirkland, we ticked EdTV off our watch list, we have meant to check it out for ages, but always ruled it out, thinking it was a weaker version of The Truman Show, but it had its own identity and really loved it.
BARKING MAD ABOUT BOOKS
We, as always read a few books in our read list that have been inspired by forthcoming films or films recently announced, with horror novels also playing a big part.
We absolutely loved The Bodyguard by Katherine Center, which sees a bodyguard fall for the most famous and loved actor in the world, and we can not wait to see Minka Kelly and Jared Paladecki in the Netflix Movie adaptation.
We really liked The Blame by Charlotte Langley which sees a cop trying to track a serial killer, but it could be someone close to her on the force, coming to ITV starring Michelle Keegan.
We also liked The Party by Elizabeth Day, which follows a close relationship of two friends, which sees the basis of their friendship examined at a party where the prime minister will be in attendance, coming to ITV starring Luke Evans.
We also enjoyed Run Away, another great twisty tale from Harlan Coben, coming to Netflix.
Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson, to be a film with Julia Roberts was an odd read about the demise of a relationship, which we struggled with as you read almost in reverse, but the ending made up for it.
The Rapture by Liz Jensen was a different read, as a psychologist is the only person to believe in her patient that the world is coming to an end, soon to be a BBC drama
And we also loved the book of short stories about An Elderly Lady who is up to no Good by Helene Tursten, with its TV adaptation to star Glenn Close.
As we do with the films, we do log every book we read, and you can follow us on Good Reads.
BARKING MAD ABOUT TV.
We watched some great shows in October.
Season Two of Daddy Issues with Aimee Lou Wood was again a joy.
The Death of Bunny Munro starring Matt Smith was just as grim as the Nick Cave book it was based on, and was a harder watch than read, with the visuals.
Channel 5s’ Cooper and Fry is a great adaptation, based on the Stephen Booth books.
We loved the return of Animal Control for Season Two.
Trespasses was a great adaptation of the Louise Kennedy book.
And a real highlight was powerful drama Safe Home set in a family violence centre.
We continue to watch the IT prequel show, Welcome to Derry and on Apple we are enjoying Down Cemetery Road and Pluribus.
BARKING MAD ABOUT DECEMBER.
Cinema and to be honest, we are not really too excited about anything, we are hoping 5 Night’s at Freddy’s 2 focusing more on the horror, as we were not fans of the original.
But we will wait to see what is showing, we will probably see Avatar 3, as we liked the other two, but it would not take much for us to choose to watch something else.
In fact, it is more the films after the festive season that interest us with boxing day having the release of Marty Supreme and The Housemaid.
TV is a mixed bag of Christmas specials, but the stand out for us will be a Doctor Who spin-off featuring our favourite monster, The Sea Devils in The War Between the Land and Sea.
We also having loved Adam Kay’s book, looking forward to the adaption of Dexter Proctor: The Ten-Year-Old Doctor.
For films at home, we plan to watch a festive movie every day in December, staring with all 5 Silent Night, Deadly Night movies.
We are sure we fill in some non-festive movie treats as well.
What about you? What are you looking forward to in December?
We would love to hear from you.
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