In 2019 we saw plenty of films, but these would be the 10 that we loved the most, we are sure you have your own choices but these are ours, so here we go: 10. Zombieland: Double Tap We had concerns with a film getting a sequel after a 10 year gap, but bringing back the original cast with some great additions, this was genuinely a lot of fun. Our review: … [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...]
Is Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Movie Treasure to Seek?
Today, we went to see the Fifth instalment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. Depending on where you live, it’ll either be called Salazar’s Revenge or Dead Men Tell No Tales. Now we have liked the previous sequels but in all honesty, never found any of them to quite bring back the magic of the first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl. Well, this 5th film is … [Read more...]
The Girl With All The Gifts, Including a Great Movie
The Girl With All The Gifts, with a screenplay, based on the book of the same name both by M.R. Carey was released this week, and as fans of the book, we rushed out to see it (our book review is here: ) We loved the book, but of course, that can then make a film harder to win you over, but on this occasion, whilst some small changes, this was almost like the pages had come … [Read more...]