Today, being big fans of Jaws, we watched USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, a film concerning the mission that Robert Shaw tells us Quint was involved in, whilst on the Orca. We had seen a TV movie called Mission of the Shark starring Stacy Keach many a year ago but the cast on this one was too good to give it a miss. A cast that is headlined by Nicolas Cage, with a young … [Read more...]
In A Valley Of Violence, We Find A Dog Superstar!
If we are honest, whilst we at Barking Mad About Films will happily watch anything, the Western maybe our least favourite genre. However we liked The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers, 2 horror films from director Ti West, so when we heard he had directed a western called In A Valley of Violence, we decided to check it out. The film follows Paul (Ethan Hawke) a drifter, … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Talk Sequels: The Good & The Bad
Way back when Sigourney Weaver first faced off against Ridley Scott’s Alien, no one knew the franchise would be as successful as it is now, of course, things could have been different, had it not had such an incredible sequel in James Cameron’s Aliens that more sequels; prequels and spin-offs followed! By then we were so invested in the Aliens, we rushed out for films … [Read more...]