On Sunday, in the Barking Mad about Films household, it’s movie night. This is when I, with Pepper and Mrs. BMAF, head for our sofa and watch a film, we all want to watch at the end of a busy week. To aid us in this quest, we have the minimum subscription to Lovefilm from Amazon, as although we are lucky enough to have an Amazon Prime subscription, sometimes you just want … [Read more...]
Hush (2016) – Shout it out loud! Its not a remake but something new
In 2014, we enjoyed a horror film with Doctor Who star Karen Gillan called Oculus. So when we heard its writer/director Mike Flanagan had made a new film, Hush, now showing on Netflix, we had to give it a watch. Unlike Oculus, this is not a supernatural horror film, but a home invasion, scary film. Now the home invasion film has been done many times before, examples such … [Read more...]
The new film trend we don’t like!
Way back in 1977, Star Wars hit our screens, but oddly it was titled Episode IV: A New Hope. As we all know, they did go back one day and made episodes I-III and more recently, we were given Episode VII : The Force Awakens. We believe way back in 1977, George Lucas always said that he had planned 9 films but only made 6! The baton now passed on to other … [Read more...]
We Suggest The Next Film To Hit The Stage As A Musical
We at Barking Mad About Films always keep an eye on all things film, and we have noted that of late, there is now a growing trend to take movies to the stage for plays or musicals. We always share news and offers for tickets when we see them on our facebook page. Fans of our page will have seen that most recently to our stage, we have had plays based on films ranging from … [Read more...]
Should You Grab(oid) At The Chance Of Seeing Another Tremors Movie?
We at Barking Mad About Films do love a creature feature, and one of the best, in our opinion was the 1990 film, Tremors. Directed by Ron Underwood, who would go on to direct the also excellent City Slickers. Also on his CV is Mighty Joe Young. Ron may be best known, however, for directing the huge Eddie Murphy box office flop: The Adventures of Pluto Nash. Ron now … [Read more...]