Last year, the O2 in London hosted Monty Python live, tickets sold out almost immediately and I personally thought I would miss out, but on one of its night, it was beamed live into both TV’s and Cinemas. I had booked my cinema ticket, the wife isn’t a fan and a live show would surely be better with an audience, which it proved to be. Furthermore, when I got home, I found … [Read more...]
Christmas Shopping with the movies!
It would seem more and more brands are now using movies to sell their products! Christmas this year seems to have seen it go into overdrive! The leaders are of course for movie-related Christmas Shopping are Star Wars; Minions and of course Disney’s Frozen, from everything to socks and other clothes to Soap and shower gels. Not forgetting of course that we can use movies … [Read more...]
Leave Streaming to Ghostbusters, we want a DVD
It has recently been announced that Amazon/Love Film service is to have an overhaul of all its disc by posts services. Link to story from the Daily Mail here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3298269/Amazon-customers-horrified-price-hike-customers-paying-FIVE-TIMES-films-delivered-post.html It saddens me that the Mail have heralded this as the death of DVD, I get the … [Read more...]
Trainspotting Poster! The idea that we love!
Trainspotting is probably one of our favourite British films, it took a topic of drug use and didn't glamorise it at all! It also had an amazing soundtrack that went with its time of release! Then there was the line-up Trainspotting poster. One of the things that it did outside of the film was breakdown it's 5 characters from its poster, down into individual posters, so … [Read more...]
Eat the movies!
Every week, I head off to our local Tesco (other stores are available) to do our weekly food shop. I have quite a good little deal going on with Mrs Barking Mad About Films, we go out for lunch first, then I leave her in the restaurant and do the shop. She uses it as thinking time to work on her business and it means I can whizz round the shop and do it faster. Yes, we could … [Read more...]