We recently rented Blair Witch from director Adam Wingard & writer Simon Barrett, as we really enjoyed their previous hits You’re Next and The Guest. We missed this reboot at the cinema as also like the original 1999 film The Blair Witch Project, it is a found footage movie. It has to be our least favourite genre, when I saw the original, I threw up and it wasn’t until I … [Read more...]
Why We Had A Lethal Weapon Week
Here in the UK, about to start on TV is the new Lethal Weapon series inspired by the classic franchise. The first film which came out in 1987 is special to me, as was the first 18 film I saw at the cinema and it is a franchise I've loved. Inspired by the TV show, we decided it was time to re-watch the original 4 movies, all directed by Richard Donner, to build up our … [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...]
Choose Life! Choose to Watch Trainspotting!
We at BMAF hope to fit in a visit to see 'T2:Trainspotting' this week, the sequel to a film we first saw 21 years ages. With these plans, we dug out our DVD copy to give the original Trainspotting a watch to revisit the story so far. Trainspotting, based on the book by Irvine Welsh was brought to screen by the team that also made the excellent Shallow Grave, from writer John … [Read more...]
The Barking Mad About Films Top Five Favourite Movie Musicals
We at Barking Mad About Films are hopefully heading off to see La La Land, a new film musical from Damian Chazelle, the writer/director of Whiplash. This got us thinking of our favourite Film musicals os here are ours. 5. Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street We knew we wanted to include a Tim film, but we went with Todd starring Johnny Depp, based … [Read more...]