One of the films we were desperate to see was The Shape of Water, the new film from director Guillermo Del Toro, one of our favourite directors. The film was released in America last year so it has felt like ages that we have waited to see this film, and the fact that in that wait, the film has now been nominated for 13 Oscars, well we hoped for something special. The … [Read more...]
Were We A Fan Of Swiss Army Man?
We watched Swiss Army Man this weekend, its one of those films we kept hearing about but due to limited cinema release, hadn’t seen. Now when a film is described as a cross between Robert Zemeckis drama Cast Away but with a large element of comedy cult classic Weekend at Bernie's it certainly grabbed our interest, mainly out of curiosity. Bernie's centres around 2 friends … [Read more...]
Is A Dogs Purpose To Give Us A Great Film?
When we first heard of the film A Dogs Purpose being made, we rushed out to read the book by W. Bruce Cameron.It is a story full of highs and lows as we follow a dog and its quest to decide what its purpose in life is as he goes through various reincarnations. The book and the film both hit hard that sadly not all of our dog friends get treated to a wonderful life, the first … [Read more...]
The BMAF Favourite RomCom is The Wedding Singer!
Our favourite ever RomCom here at Barking Mad About Films is the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer.It stars Adam Sandler, who it would be fair to say is not the most loved of actors/comedians on the Internet. We’re not sure why? It appears a couple of backfiring hits have culminated in it going out of control with the amount of hate for Pixels, A film we personally didn’t think … [Read more...]
Should You Accept An Invite To Seth Rogen’s Sausage Party?
Today we viewed Sausage Party, it was a CGI-animated film aimed at adults, which we thought looked rather funny from the trailers, but missed at the cinema The story is simple enough, the stock in a supermarket called ‘Shopwell’s’ believe that once chosen by humans, who they see as gods, after getting through the checkout and leaving the store they will enter the Great … [Read more...]