As we pass the halfway point of 2023, we look back on the films we have watched for the first time this year and share our top ten of the year so far. We start with some honourable mentions which didn't quite make our top ten: Elvis - A first time watch of this great biopic about the relationshop between the famous singer and his manager Colonel Tom Parker. Plane - … [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...]
Can Jeremy Piven Deliver The Goods In This Comedy?
We caught up with The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard, a 2009 comedy we had not heard of, but caught our eye in a charity shop, especially as from the ‘guys’ behind Talladega Nights and Step Brothers, both of which we found amusing. I would say if you are not a fan of those 2 movies, this probably won’t be for you! The film centres on Don Ready (Jeremy Piven) who is a master … [Read more...]
Is La La Land A Film To Sing About?
This week we watched La La Land, we heard good things about this film, but apart from knowing it’s a musical, didn’t know too much about it. We chose to see this more on the fact it was from writer/director Damien Chazelle who made the excellent Whiplash. The film opens with a huge traffic jam, a driver looks to be getting out of their car to see why the cars are not … [Read more...]
Should You Attend This Office Christmas Party?
This week we went to a cinematic Office Christmas Party, having been watching some of our favourite festive films on the small screen, it seemed like the thing to do. Christmas films become part of our Christmas viewing but since Elf in 2003 we haven’t loved that many more, with the exception of the A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas; Arthur Christmas and last years … [Read more...]