As a fan of the book by Ernest Cline, we rushed out to see Ready Player One from director Steven Spielberg. It was our first of his movies at the cinema for some time, whilst he has done fewer blockbusters and gone for more dramatic movies such as Bridge of Spies and The Post as well as family dramas such as War Horse and the BFG; whilst all worth watching for his talent, we … [Read more...]
Pacific Rim: Uprising – Monster Hit or Jaeger Bomb?
We are fans of the big-budget creature vs robots feature Pacific Rim so when the sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising came out, it was a no-brainer we would go see it. The sequel sadly for us was a major disappointment. Set 10 years after the events of the first film, troubled Jake (John Boyega) son of the Idris Elba ' Stacker' character of the first film is now stealing the … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Go To The Jumanji Jungle
We went to our local cinema to see Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the sequel to the much-loved late, great Robin Williams family adventure film Jumanji. If the truth is told, the trailers had left us underwhelmed but strong word of mouth had us intrigued. The film does well to establish that the dated board game of the original needed to be upgraded for new tech-savvy … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Review The Last Jedi
We at BMAF are big fans of Star Wars since George Lucas gave the original trilogy in 1977 it’s been part of our lives. From collecting the figures and stickers to that excitement when the 2nd trilogy 1999. Whilst we enjoyed them we were left somewhat underwhelmed. When the new trilogy with The Force Awakens arrived, we loved it so here we are with the latest adventure, The Last … [Read more...]
Is it a Thor-Some Return In Marvel’s Latest Thor: Ragnarok?
We’re not sure if we are getting older, but we seem to have gone off comic book films, they all look good and we are entertained in the whole for about 2/3rd’s of the film but then they all turn into a big CGI mess of a finale, yet we knew we wanted to see Thor: Ragnarok. Thor seems to possibly the least liked of the Marvel film characters but with this film being directed … [Read more...]