1996, the earth came under attack from aliens, in the HUGE box office hit, Independence Day (also known as ID4) from Roland Emmerich & Dean Devlin, reteaming after their huge hit, Stargate. Whilst Stargate would go on to spin off into a hugely popular TV series, it was surprising that ID4 never got a sequel, after all, it was a huge box office success, making some $800m … [Read more...]
BMAF Go Through the Looking Glass
We at Barking Mad About love Tim Burton films, for us he hasn’t made a bad film, but his remakes and reboots whilst hugely enjoyable to watch are not a match for his original tales such as Beetlejuice; Edward Scissorhands; Sleepy Hollow and our personal favourite of his, Ed Wood. His reboots/remakes seem to get him the most criticism starting from his remake of Planet of the … [Read more...]
Reach New Cinematic Heights With The Walk
This week I chose a film to watch, not on the basis of the director being Robert Zemeckis, but something that rarely happens, it being in 3D. The film in question was The Walk. The reason why the director, cast etc did not have me rushing to see it, was because the Walk is based on true events, which have already been covered on screen, in the brilliant 2008 documentary, Man … [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...]
Why can’t Multiplex cinemas give us multiple choices?
This seems an odd one to moan about as when I was growing up, the cinemas I went normally only had 2 to 4 screens. Now cinemas have screens in double figures, for example, my cinema of choice has 10 screens, so this should now give plenty of choice for when choosing what to see. Yet the reality is when a blockbuster is released, multiple screens will be dedicated to … [Read more...]