One of our most anticipated film watches this year is the big screen adaptation of The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. Being of an age to remember the original series, starring Lee Majors, and from the director of Deadpool 2; Atomic Blonde; Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw and Bullet Train, we can not wait to see it. But it also inspired us to revisit some … [Read more...]
Surprises in film! BMAF loves a big screen cameo
The other day, flicking through the channels, not wanting something too taxing for the brain, we stumbled across Submerged! This was a typical straight to DVD action vehicle from Steven Seagal and also featured Vinnie Jones as a good guy! What really caught our attention was when Seagal was getting his team together, he called on Damita, a martial arts girl, played by Alison … [Read more...]
Is Zoolander still in fashion?
I saw the original Zoolander way back when it was released in 2001, directed and starring Ben Stiller, it became one of my favourites, and prior to watching the recently released sequel, I still found it very enjoyable. So 15 years later, I was excited at the chance to see Ben Stiller return as Derek Zoolander, especially as he was also bringing back Owen Wilson as Hansel … [Read more...]
When Did You See Your Favourite Star For First Time?
A couple of posts went out over the weekend as it was Valentines Day about it being 25 years to the day that Silence of the Lambs was released. A film I remember most for seeing Jodie Foster, for the first time. I am sure when I was younger, I would have seen her in Bugsy Malone or Freaky Friday but none had the effect on me as she did as her role of agent Clarice … [Read more...]
Tom Cruise is still a Top Gun
We at Barking Mad About Films are very much looking forward to seeing the Fifth Mission Impossible film released this week, however we read an article that said this is expected to not be a massive hit and the reason given was Tom Cruise! This all seems to go back to his jumping on a sofa antic when declaring his love for Katie Holmes on Oprah! Sorry but when Mrs Barking Mad … [Read more...]