Hi, it is Bill and Teddy the Chihuahua again and time for our September Barking Mad About Films Newsletter. So, without any further ado, welcome to our August review…. BARKING MAD ABOUT AUGUST We continued our quest to watch at least one film a day, so included may classics as well as new titles. This month was a real mixed bag for us, with all sorts of watches, from … [Read more...]
Did Transformers: Bumblebee leaves us with Glee?
We have seen 4 of the 5 previous Transformers movies, A question we still ask is why had we seen 4, as we have not really enjoyed any of them, the 5th maybe fatigue set in, as, like myself, not many people saw it, so given the previous films had taken billions (in fact 2 took over billion on their own) at the box office, it was reboot time. The studio chose a … [Read more...]
Get The Frobscottle’s In, BMAF Watch The BFG
We finally caught up with Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s much-loved children’s book The BFG, from a script by his E.T. writer Melissa Mathison. It was not a book we had read if we were honest, nor had we seen the previous and much-loved UK animated TV version of the tale, with the voice of David Jason, but we had heard so many people say that this was a … [Read more...]
BMAF Takes A Ride To See Monster Trucks
Our last cinema trip of 2016 saw us see Monster Trucks a film which must like the reboot of Ghostbusters was being destroyed on the Internetas nowadays everyone is a critic! Yet from the trailers, we just thought it looked a fun family flick with hints of classic horror B movies with some comedy and science fiction thrown in. All the potential to be a cult classic in years … [Read more...]
Ready Player One For A Great Movie?
Whilst on holiday, we read a couple of books, one being Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One. When it was first released we had heard a little about it, but it really hit our radar when it was announced a film adaptation was to follow with Stephen Spielberg to direct. What surprised us most was how excited this made us, he of course. has directed some great films, from Jaws to … [Read more...]