Hi, it is Bill and Teddy the Chihuahua and time for our February Barking Mad About Films Newsletter. In our newsletter, we will aim to share some of our thoughts and watches of the month and what we are looking forward to in the next month. So, without any further ado, welcome to…. BARKING MAD ABOUT HOME VIEWING This month, amongst the films we watched, we … [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...]
Is the Shape of Water Oscar Worthy or a Wash Out?
One of the films we were desperate to see was The Shape of Water, the new film from director Guillermo Del Toro, one of our favourite directors. The film was released in America last year so it has felt like ages that we have waited to see this film, and the fact that in that wait, the film has now been nominated for 13 Oscars, well we hoped for something special. The … [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...]