As a fan of the book by Ernest Cline, we rushed out to see Ready Player One from director Steven Spielberg. It was our first of his movies at the cinema for some time, whilst he has done fewer blockbusters and gone for more dramatic movies such as Bridge of Spies and The Post as well as family dramas such as War Horse and the BFG; whilst all worth watching for his talent, we … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Go To The Jumanji Jungle
We went to our local cinema to see Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the sequel to the much-loved late, great Robin Williams family adventure film Jumanji. If the truth is told, the trailers had left us underwhelmed but strong word of mouth had us intrigued. The film does well to establish that the dated board game of the original needed to be upgraded for new tech-savvy … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Review The Last Jedi
We at BMAF are big fans of Star Wars since George Lucas gave the original trilogy in 1977 it’s been part of our lives. From collecting the figures and stickers to that excitement when the 2nd trilogy 1999. Whilst we enjoyed them we were left somewhat underwhelmed. When the new trilogy with The Force Awakens arrived, we loved it so here we are with the latest adventure, The Last … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Heads To A Room See To See The Disaster Artist
We discovered a film called The Room this year, due to in part to its fame on Social Media, its cult following and the fact that nearly every article it features in, normally has a headline with ‘Is This the Worst Film ever made?’ and now on top of that, we have a biopic of the making of it called The Disaster Artist. Based on the book of the same name by one of the film … [Read more...]
The BMAF Answer to is Die Hard A Christmas Movie?
As the Festive season approaches many share their favourite Christmas films, we are no exception but one that seems to cause more controversy than most is Die Hard Many class this film as a Christmas movie but many say that it's not, we questioned a while ago what makes it non-festive when we saw another film which is clearly set around the period so we agree slightly with … [Read more...]