We found a wonderful book the other day which brought us many laughs about the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise. Yes, you read that right, the alien that killed so many in numerous film outings has now been turned into a loveable cartoon character by Joey Spiotto for Titan Books The book is called Alien Next Door: In Space, No one can hear you clean! A moving … [Read more...]
Christmas movie watching
Dare we mention that festive season is approaching us fast. We thought we would write a blog about some of our favourite festive films. We should point out that Gremlins and Tim Burton's Nightmare before Christmas are films that we do watch but we have blogged about them previously so excluding them. This post also excludes Krampus which we can not wait to see next week … [Read more...]
Gremlins: A great film for between Halloween and Christmas
Here we are in the middle of November, Halloween has passed and Christmas is coming, so what better film to watch than Gremlins. As its set during the festive period but with monsters, scary enough for any Halloween so fits in between. We here at Barking Mad About Films love a creature feature and this 1984 classic is one of the best. Written by Chris Columbus, who also … [Read more...]
The Cineworld Unlimited Card that helps us be Barking Mad About Films
If you love films and have a Cineworld cinema near you, then you more than likely own a Cineworld Unlimited card. From just £16.90 you can see as many films as you like and as many times you want a month. The reality is if you go just 3 times a month to see a film then the card will give you a saving. However, the card comes with additional benefits: It gives you 10% … [Read more...]
Baywatch casting makes us want to consider drowning to be saved =)
It was recently announced that Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson would be returning to our screens in the film reboot of Baywatch, coming from Seth Gordon, director of Identity Thief and Horrible Bosses. Now at this time, I should confess to have never even seen an episode of the TV show or it’s spin-off Baywatch nights! I’m not sure why, I think initially it used to clash with … [Read more...]