Way back when Sigourney Weaver first faced off against Ridley Scott’s Alien, no one knew the franchise would be as successful as it is now, of course, things could have been different, had it not had such an incredible sequel in James Cameron’s Aliens that more sequels; prequels and spin-offs followed! By then we were so invested in the Aliens, we rushed out for films … [Read more...]
Did We Go Wild For Hunt For The Wilderpeople?
We finally got to see Taiki Waititi’s 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople', a film that did not make our local cinema, yet we desperately wanted to see as a fan of his last film, What We Do In The Shadows and a lot of his earlier work, in particular, his Eagle Vs Shark and TV’s Flight of the Conchords. It has now arrived on the UK Netflix so we could not wait to watch it. The film is … [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...]
Does Shooter Hit Our Action Film Targets?
One of our favourite action films of recent years was the 2007 Shooter, directed by Antoine Fuqua. We were reminded of it when we heard that it was being remade for TV, and will debut on Netflix. It should be noted the film itself was based on Point of Impact (which is available at Amazon here) the first in Stephen Hunter’s book series, so it does have the content to extend … [Read more...]
Why You Should Invite The Guest To Your Viewing!
Over the weekend, The Guest showed on one of the free to view film channels, it was great to see more people discover this 2014 film from the writer/director team of You’re Next, Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett. We ourselves only discovered the film when we saw it on Netflix, we hadn’t heard much about it, but having seen You’re Next, a home invasion horror film that had felt … [Read more...]