We finally got to see Taiki Waititi’s 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople', a film that did not make our local cinema, yet we desperately wanted to see as a fan of his last film, What We Do In The Shadows and a lot of his earlier work, in particular, his Eagle Vs Shark and TV’s Flight of the Conchords. It has now arrived on the UK Netflix so we could not wait to watch it. The film is … [Read more...]
The Barking Mad About Films Top 10 of 2016
So it’s time for the BMAF Top 10 films of 2016. A year which saw us bored by comic book heroes: Batman V Superman; Suicide Squad and Doctor Strange all were okay but not 5-star movies for us. We also have to add Captain America: Civil War, it may have had a great battle scene but we honestly felt we’d seen most of it in trailers. On the subject of trailers, 10 Cloverfield … [Read more...]
Does Shooter Hit Our Action Film Targets?
One of our favourite action films of recent years was the 2007 Shooter, directed by Antoine Fuqua. We were reminded of it when we heard that it was being remade for TV, and will debut on Netflix. It should be noted the film itself was based on Point of Impact (which is available at Amazon here) the first in Stephen Hunter’s book series, so it does have the content to extend … [Read more...]
Is Don’t Breathe a Do See?
This week, we headed off to see Don’t Breathe, from writer/director Fede Alvarez, who most recently gave us the reboot of the Evil Dead. Don’t Breathe is a home invasion film, with a twist. We follow Rocky (Jane Levy, reteaming with her Evil Dead director), her boyfriend, Money (Daniel Zovatto) and friend, Alex (Dylan Minnette) The 3 carry out many small burglaries, using … [Read more...]
We’re Barking Mad About This K-9 Movie!
This week we re-watched K-9, it’s probably the lesser loved of the dog and a cop buddy movies of 1989! The other being Turner and Hooch with Tom Hanks. K-9 plays out more like a traditional cop buddy movie, whereas I felt (although it's been some time since I saw it) Turner and Hooch is more an all out comedy film, with Hooch being the lead, and Turner the detective … [Read more...]