We finally got to seeing Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to one of our favourite films of all time. We had high hopes going in as came from director Denis Villeneuve of Sicario and Arrival, 2 films that we found amazing too. This film centres around K, a Blade Runner played by Ryan Gosling, who after an early confrontation with Sapper played by Dave Bautista, we soon learn is … [Read more...]
We Saw 7 Films in 7 Weeks Ahead of Seeing Jigsaw
We are big fans of the Saw franchise, films with plenty of twists and turns and original if terrifying traps, yet they seem to have just been dismissed as ’Torture Porn’ films. The debut film of writer/director team James Wan & Leigh Whannell was an excellent calling card and the two would team up again to bring us the criminally underrated Dead Silence and then huge box … [Read more...]
Should Cinema Be More Flexible In Order To Survive ?
We at Barking Mad About Films love the cinema but the best time for us to go is during the day, we are sure though we can not be the only ones who prefer daytime viewing so we wonder if the multiplex should be more flexible. We are of course aware that during the day is not ideal for everyone, especially those with 9-5 jobs, but working from home we get this time to watch as … [Read more...]
BMAF Join Valerian to Visit The City of a 1000 Planets
We could not wait to see Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets which is based on the popular graphic novel series Valerian. Whilst his last film Lucy was also SyFy, this was big budget fare more like his classic The Fifth Element. The film opens with a montage of first encounters to take us to the 28th Century and Space Station Alpha (known as the City of … [Read more...]
We Watch The War For The Planet of The Apes
This week we saw War For The Planet of the Apes, the third film in a franchise where we consider its 2 predecessors Rise and sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes both 5-star movies in our opinion and already part of our film collection. So War was definitely on our must-see list and it completes a quite frankly brilliant trilogy that had us leaving the cinema with mixed … [Read more...]