As we sat down and had a look at the films coming out for this year, we chose 10 which I guess may not look very original, but we want to see them none the less. Plenty of others we considered such as the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie; Murder on the Orient Express; War for the Planet of the Apes; Kingsman 2; Paddington 2; The Mummy and even Baywatch! The truth 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...]
What Happened to the Family Friendly Blockbuster?
About to hit cinemas are what are sure to be 2 huge blockbusters; Passengers and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, what is unsurprising is both will most likely be rated 12a, meaning anyone can see them, but under 12’s need an adult with them. When I saw the first Star Wars in 1977 it was a U, as I grew up we had so many family films:The Goonies; Back to The Future; War Games; … [Read more...]
We revisit an Eighties House of Horrors
House, A classic horror film from our childhood was showing on the Horror Channel so we could not resist a re-visit. The film is about a troubled horror author, Roger Cobb (William Katt). Currently separated from his wife Sandy (Kay Lenz) and dealing with the mysterious disappearance of their son, he is under immense pressure from his publishers to … [Read more...]
Film Stars In Adverts! Do They Make Us Buy?
We were awaiting a film to start the other day and as per usual had to endure what felt like an hours worth of adverts. First Harvey Keitel told us about Direct Line, quickly followed by Ryan Reynolds promoting BT Broadband with Idris Elba telling us the benefits of Sky Broadband. It didn’t stop though, Jennifer Aniston telling us the benefits of flying with Emirates, … [Read more...]