With news of Cell, the bestseller from ‘The King of Horror’ Stephen King, heading to our screen, we quickly found the book in a charity shop and gave it a read, to find out if it will be a great movie. Of course, reading the book will not tell us what the film will be like, King’s works have ranged from the excellent such as Misery; Stand By Me and The Mist to the not so … [Read more...]
10 Films We Can’t Wait To See For Rest Of 2016
So our next visit to the cinema will almost certainly be Star Trek Beyond out in cinemas 22nd July. But in no particular order other than one exception, here are 10 films that we can almost guarantee we will be heading to our local cinema to see: So the guaranteed must see for us to start the list is Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children due out 30th September We … [Read more...]
Is the new Ghostbusters film spooktacular?
The new Ghostbusters film! What did we expect when we went in? We didn’t know to be honest, its director Paul Feig recently gave us Heat which we loved, but also Spy which we did not. The film has a sad attachment to it, with it being the hate target on the internet, most hated reboot, most dislikes on YouTube, hate for its female cast etc Now I love the 1984 original, … [Read more...]
Why We Can’t Wait Until A Monster Calls
We saw the trailer for a film a while back called A Monster Calls, and we were intrigued as like all good trailers, it didn’t give much away. Looking into it further, we found it was based on a book so we immediately got a copy. The story of the book is almost as heartbreaking as the book itself, author Siobhan Dowd had the idea for it, but handed over the writing to Patrick … [Read more...]
Cats! The ‘Purrfect’ Screen Star, It Seems So!
We have always declared to be 'Barking Mad About Films' when I watch a film on the sofa, Pepper will be curled up in her bed next to me, so we have to ask what have dogs done wrong! Cats are becoming the pet go to choice for films! Up first is the Jordan Peele/Keegan-Michael Key vehicle, Keanu about a stolen kitten, closely followed by Nine Lives, which brings us Kevin … [Read more...]