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...]
How Star Wars Made us Revisit Cemetery Junction
This week was a huge week for movie trailers, we got our first look of the return of Ricky Gervais, as his TV legend role of David Brent from The Office. This was followed by a trailer for the first Star Wars origins story Rogue One. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story centres on how the rebels got the plans, that would eventually enable them to destroy the Death Star. One of … [Read more...]
Is Zootropolis another Disney classic?
This week we decided to see Disney’s Zootropolis. You may know it as Zootopia dependant on where you are based. We liked the concept of a Bunny teaming up with its ‘enemy’ a fox, to fight crime for the ZPD (Zoo Police Department) To be honest, it was also a great choice for us, as this film had not been ruined by an extensive marketing campaign, with about 40 different … [Read more...]
Watch Absolutely Anything on Netflix
Looking for a film to watch on Netflix, we came across Absolutely Anything which looked like it could be fun. Directed by Terry Jones of the Monty Python team and director of their classic films Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Life of Brian; Meaning of Life and other classics like Personal Services and Wind in the Willows. The film concerns Neil, (Simon Pegg), a bored … [Read more...]
How good is The Good Dinosaur?
This weeks rental was Disney Pixar movie The Good Dinosaur and we didn’t know what to expect! Pixar films used to be a sign of quality but now can be indifferent, whilst we have some sure fire epics like Inside Out, the film prior to this won a best animation Oscar, other hits we love, probably as you do, to name a few are Up!; The Toy Story trilogy; WALL-E; Monsters Inc as … [Read more...]