So as we reach the halfway point of 2017, we look back on our favourite 10 films of the year so far. We are pleased to see it's not all sequels and yet despite claims of suffering comic book film fatigue, 2 comic book films made the list and again both from the Marvel studio, yet DC Comics Wonder Woman only narrowly missed our list. So here is our countdown, we are sure … [Read more...]
Hacksaw Ridge: Director Mel Shows Us War is Hell
One of the films we wanted to see at the cinema but missed it due to it getting a surprisingly short run and ourselves being on holiday was Hacksaw Ridge, which was Mel Gibson’s return as director for the first time since Apocalypto way back in 2006 Mel had been battling a few shall we say off-screen problems which saw his front of camera performances reduced to cameos in … [Read more...]
BMA Enter The Void For Old School Horror Special Effects
Today we caught up with watching The Void, a horror film that we had wanted to see for quite a while. The film was set us using crowd funding and like Harbinger Down, which also was made with help of crowd funding, promised minimal CGI and proper old school Special Effects. The film opens with a couple escaping a farmhouse, the man makes it to the woods but the woman is … [Read more...]
We Enter The Dark Universe To See Tom Cruise’s Mummy
This week we went out to see The Mummy, a new film to be part of the Dark Universe movie series with Universal Studios looking to bring all their classic monsters back to the big screen. The Mummy, personally I would have thought would have been done later on in the series when it was more established, given that for most, this was the Universal monster known to most thanks … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films revisit Brendan Fraser’s Mummy
With a new telling of The Mummy starring Tom Cruise, we felt it was a good time to re-visit the 1999 version. From Stephen Sommers, who also directed another one of our favourite films, Deep Rising, this film starred Brendan Fraser, in his first real action hero role, having been known for comedies such as Encino/California Man; Blast from the Past and George of the … [Read more...]