Having just seen the latest James Bond 007 film Spectre, like most of its audience we were wowed by the car sequences and the Aston Martin that Bond drove. In fact, Bond cars are almost of much interest, when a film goes into production than the casting of the Bond Bad guy, Bond girl and of course who will sing the Bond theme tune. For the record, it really has to be the … [Read more...]
What Happens Next? Adding to the Film Experience
We have looked in a previous blog at how movies can sell products using everything from Minions to characters from Disney. But it doesn’t just have to be food they can put their name to, clothing, of course is an obvious one. I’ve many a film related T-shirt. Licensing can be a multi-million pound industry, all adding to our film experience! Star Wars is often praised as … [Read more...]
Eat the movies!
Every week, I head off to our local Tesco (other stores are available) to do our weekly food shop. I have quite a good little deal going on with Mrs Barking Mad About Films, we go out for lunch first, then I leave her in the restaurant and do the shop. She uses it as thinking time to work on her business and it means I can whizz round the shop and do it faster. Yes, we could … [Read more...]
Great Scott! Back to the Future is now in the Past
In film history, Marty McFly went to Wednesday 21st October 2015 in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II. The internet, after many a fake post about previous dates he went to, finally got excited for the date to become reality. No more so was this noticeable than on the internet, the build up was fantastic! Pepsi revealed they were going to make and … [Read more...]
Jaws 19: Coming soon?
Jaws 19, the new holofilm, directed by Stephen Spielberg’s son Max, was predicted to hit Holomax cinemas in October 2015 in Back to the Future Part II. Now as we know there have been 4 Jaws films to date: Jaws: Which made you afraid to go in the water Jaws 2: Which made you afraid to go back in the water Jaws 3-D: Which was a new dimension in terror Jaws: The … [Read more...]