What makes a film watchable? These are the 10 things that we feel make a film watchable – which one is your biggest reason for choosing to watch the films that you do? YOUR CHOICE The most important, and the reason I’ve seen so many B-Movie shark movies with a budget of less than it probably cost to buy the DVD but we can't help it, we just love Shark films. If you … [Read more...]
We Feel the Need to Shout About A Quiet Place
This week we watched A Quiet Place, a scary movie that was not only written and directed but also stars John Krasinski with his actress wife Emily Blunt. The film opens on Day 89 with the Abbott family (Evelyn (Blunt) Lee (Krasinski) & their children, Regan (Millicent Simmonds) Marcus (Noah Jupe) & Beau (Cade Woodward) looking for supplies in a shop, and we see them … [Read more...]
Sing Along A Hugh! We Review The Greatest Showman
We went to see The Greatest Showman, a film that we would have said is not one that we would normally have chosen, but friends had enjoyed it and with not much else exciting us we gave it a try! The film follows P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) and his huge rise to success and the highs and lows of that, in this musical from director Michael Gracey. The film opens with a … [Read more...]
Should Cinema Be More Flexible In Order To Survive ?
We at Barking Mad About Films love the cinema but the best time for us to go is during the day, we are sure though we can not be the only ones who prefer daytime viewing so we wonder if the multiplex should be more flexible. We are of course aware that during the day is not ideal for everyone, especially those with 9-5 jobs, but working from home we get this time to watch as … [Read more...]
We Await Kong: Skull Island By Watching The Ape’s Last Film
We at Barking Mad About Films are looking forward to seeing Kong: Skull Island upon its release. Like many other reboots/remakes/sequels, it always makes up want to revisit the originals, now we have two Kong titles in our DVD collection; the most recent Peter Jackson remake and a Toho classic of 1963 when King Kong was used as an adversary for Godzilla. Both are good … [Read more...]