Today we finally got to watch Rex, it’s a biopic of US Marine Megan Leavey. The film was in fact called Megan Leavey in the US when it was released nearly a year ago, so it had been quite a wait for us. Our initial concerns were that this film could be a fluffy piece like another service dog film called Max, but those fears were removed when we found the director was … [Read more...]
Solo: Is it A Star Wars Story Worth Telling?
Our latest cinema visit was for the latest entry into the Star Wars universe from Disney, with their second Spin-off following the success of Rogue One. Now we didn’t see the film in the first week and we didn’t really know what to expect as it seems to have received an internet backlash of the Ghostbusters reboot proportions. The film opening did have us a little worried … [Read more...]
Deadpool 2 Goes for Bigger But is it Better in This Sequel?
As fans of the original Deadpool film, we were obviously excited for the sequel, this time however with a change of director, this time being David Leitch who gave us Atomic Blonde and was co-director on the first John Wick we were expecting more action this time. So it is with great disappointment that this was sadly nowhere near as good as the original film. This is in … [Read more...]
We Follow the Marvel Avengers into an Infinity War!
Our latest watch was the latest Marvel Comics film, Avengers: Infinity War and if we are honest, went in with low expectations Which is odd, as whilst we often think we are tired of these films, they always leave us pleasantly surprised, I guess it’s because of the film's genre current almost monopoly of the box office, we see less new original content, though this is in … [Read more...]
We Take A Trip To The Stop-Animation World of Isle of Dogs
We being Barking Mad About Films, love a dog film so Wes Anderson’s new stop-motion animation film, Isle of Dogs, was an obvious must-see film for us. However, we have to say its storyline for us was heartbreaking so we were not sure how much we would enjoy this one. Set in a dystopian near-future Japan, its leaders led by Mayor Kobayashi (Voiced by Kunichi Nomura) would … [Read more...]