Way back in 1984, I saw a film that I loved called Ghostbusters and 5 years later, it spawned a sequel, which whilst I didn’t enjoy as much, it was great seeing those characters again. In fact so much so, I intend to give Ghostbusters II another viewing soon Now in 2016, the inevitable reboot is gearing up for release but the bile that has been said about it without even … [Read more...]
Is Zoolander still in fashion?
I saw the original Zoolander way back when it was released in 2001, directed and starring Ben Stiller, it became one of my favourites, and prior to watching the recently released sequel, I still found it very enjoyable. So 15 years later, I was excited at the chance to see Ben Stiller return as Derek Zoolander, especially as he was also bringing back Owen Wilson as Hansel … [Read more...]
Don’t just watch the movies, play them!
When I was young I loved the game of Jaws, it was a lot like Buckaroo with the exception of balancing items on a saddle, you placed items in the shark’s mouth then took it in turns to hook them out, but be careful, one false move and those jaws may snap. Time moved on, as I earned money, it was time to revisit my youth so I did what any movie fan can do these days, head over … [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...]