Our last cinema trip of 2016 saw us see Monster Trucks a film which must like the reboot of Ghostbusters was being destroyed on the Internetas nowadays everyone is a critic! Yet from the trailers, we just thought it looked a fun family flick with hints of classic horror B movies with some comedy and science fiction thrown in. All the potential to be a cult classic in years … [Read more...]
The Barking Mad About Films Top 10 of 2016
So it’s time for the BMAF Top 10 films of 2016. A year which saw us bored by comic book heroes: Batman V Superman; Suicide Squad and Doctor Strange all were okay but not 5-star movies for us. We also have to add Captain America: Civil War, it may have had a great battle scene but we honestly felt we’d seen most of it in trailers. On the subject of trailers, 10 Cloverfield … [Read more...]
Is The Force Strong With Rogue One. A Star Wars Story
This week we saw Rogue One, billed as a Star Wars story and fits in between the events of Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV – A New Hope. Unlike The Force Awakens, our expectations were not as high for this release, as whilst we enjoyed the low-budget Monsters from its director Gareth Edwards, in all honestly, we were very underwhelmed by his Godzilla … [Read more...]
Should You Attend This Office Christmas Party?
This week we went to a cinematic Office Christmas Party, having been watching some of our favourite festive films on the small screen, it seemed like the thing to do. Christmas films become part of our Christmas viewing but since Elf in 2003 we haven’t loved that many more, with the exception of the A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas; Arthur Christmas and last years … [Read more...]
Celebrating The Non-Christmas Festive Movie!
We at Barking Mad About Films have shared a blog about our favourite Christmas movies before (read it here) but recently we questioned what makes a Christmas movie after we watched Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford, whilst it was on Netflix. The film’s opening in which Harrison’s character was shot was around December, as festive decorations were to be seen. Does that … [Read more...]