What inspiration have you had to watch a film? For us, at Barking Mad About Films it could be anything. As an example, whilst out for a drive, the song Live it Up by Mental as Anything came on the radio. It’s a song I like, so much so I have it on 12-inch vinyl, not a download. I know it as being featured in the Paul Hogan Eighties classic, Crocodile Dundee, and just … [Read more...]
The Good & The Bad Of The Reboot/Remake
The reboot/remake is becoming increasingly more popular, with old favourites being turned into new movies or the now popular spin-off TV shows, with Lethal Weapon and Mallrats being the latest to be announced. The idea is of course not new, one of our favourite films of all time John Carpenter’s The Thing was a remake of 1951 classic The Thing From Another World. In … [Read more...]
From Letterbox with Lovefilm!
On Sunday, in the Barking Mad about Films household, it’s movie night. This is when I, with Pepper and Mrs. BMAF, head for our sofa and watch a film, we all want to watch at the end of a busy week. To aid us in this quest, we have the minimum subscription to Lovefilm from Amazon, as although we are lucky enough to have an Amazon Prime subscription, sometimes you just want … [Read more...]
How Star Wars Made us Revisit Cemetery Junction
This week was a huge week for movie trailers, we got our first look of the return of Ricky Gervais, as his TV legend role of David Brent from The Office. This was followed by a trailer for the first Star Wars origins story Rogue One. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story centres on how the rebels got the plans, that would eventually enable them to destroy the Death Star. One of … [Read more...]
From the TV Screen to the Cinema Screen:
We recently shared news that Baywatch was heading to the Big Screen following its domination of TV on Saturday nights for many years throughout the Nineties. Baywatch will be following Big Screen reboots of such hits as The A-Team, Starsky and Hutch, Dukes of Hazzard and 21 Jump Street. Now we read that those animated Griffins are heading to the screen in a Family Guy … [Read more...]