This week, we finally got round to seeing this year’s Oscar-winning film for best picture, Spotlight. The film inspired by true events and is incredibly written by writer/director Tom McCarthy, the same writer/director of Adam Sandler film The Cobbler, A film more associated with the Golden Raspberries than the Academy awards!! The film concerns the serious and … [Read more...]
Does Time Bandits Remain A Timeless Classic?
This week at Barking Mad About Films we chose to watch the 1981 classic Time Bandits. A film we were reminded of following the sad news that actor Kenny Baker, probably best known for being the man inside R2-D2 from Star Wars had passed away. Kenny plays Fidgit, one of the Time Bandits of the film, directed by Terry Gilliam, who also co-wrote the film with his Monty Python … [Read more...]
The Shallows! Is This Shark Thriller JAWSome?
When we heard about The Shallows film, because of it featuring a shark, it quickly became one of our must-see films of the year. Shark films are a guilty pleasure for us here at Barking Mad About Films, a fact that we’ve blogged about before https://barkingmadaboutfilms-com.stackstaging.com/shark/ Jaws, is our all time favourite film. The film also gave us a fascination … [Read more...]
BMAF Gets A Room (To Watch)
This week’s film choice was Room from director Lenny Abrahamson, based on the book by Emma Donoghue, who also wrote the screenplay. The film centres on a young woman called Ma (Brie Larson), and her son Jack (Jacob Tremblay) who we quickly learn are being held captive by the mysterious Old Nick (Sean Bridgers) in the Room of the film title,which has a bed, wardrobe, a … [Read more...]
BMAF watch the Suicide Squad!
It’s been a funny year for Blockbusters, the latest Star Trek, X-Men and Jason Bourne movies have all not been as well received as previous outings. However, Suicide Squad was expected to be the one film to buck that trend. Afer faltering starts from Man of Steel and Batman v Superman, Warner Brothers were hoping this film, also based on DC Comics characters could be the one … [Read more...]