When I was growing up, films like Police Academy and Friday the 13th were both ridiculed for the number of sequels they had. Now any film that is remotely popular, will get a film series, and despite originally started out as a concept for an episode of The X-Files, Final Destination was a hit and sequels would follow every 2 or 3 years. Then after Final … [Read more...]
The BMAF Review of June 2024
Hi, it is Bill and Teddy the Chihuahua again and time for our June Barking Mad About Films Newsletter. In our newsletter, we will aim to share some of our thoughts and watches of the month and what we are looking forward to in the next month. So, without any further ado, welcome to our JUNE update…. BARKING MAD ABOUT JUNE This month was full of rewatches and … [Read more...]
The BMAF review of April 2024
Hi, it is Bill and Teddy the Chihuahua again, as it is time for our April Barking Mad About Films Newsletter. In our newsletter, we will aim to share some of our thoughts and watches of the month and what we are looking forward to in the next month. So, without any further ado, welcome to our April update…. BARKING MAD ABOUT APRIL This month, … [Read more...]
Putting the APE Into Our APE-RIL Rewatches
We are big fans of the Planet of the Apes movie series, but it wasn’t always that way. 🦍 It was one of those things we were aware of, mainly from its TV series and Cartoon in the Seventies, when growing up. But if we saw the movies, we had no real memory of them. In fact we didn’t really discover the movies, until the late Eighties, when we saw the brilliant … [Read more...]
I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts….New Ghostbusters Movies, maybe!
In 1984, as a 13 year old I was so excited by a movie called Ghostbusters. My schoolbooks were covered with the stickers that came in my cereal box (Shreddies from memory). I owned the storybook, so I could relive their adventures over and over, and hoped that I would see the crew again. And then Ghostbusters 2 came in 1989, the wait had been helped by a hugely … [Read more...]