We being Barking Mad About Films, love a dog film so Wes Anderson’s new stop-motion animation film, Isle of Dogs, was an obvious must-see film for us. However, we have to say its storyline for us was heartbreaking so we were not sure how much we would enjoy this one. Set in a dystopian near-future Japan, its leaders led by Mayor Kobayashi (Voiced by Kunichi Nomura) would … [Read more...]
We Highly Recommend This WONDERful Family Movie
This week we saw the Stephen Chbosky film, Wonder, based on the best-seller by R.J. Palacio. It’s a heartwarming drama about a young boy called August ‘Auggie’ Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) a boy with a strong facial deformity from childbirth, who has been homeschooled most of his young life, is now to enter into school life, as his family feel he needs to do this to experience … [Read more...]
We Feel the Need to Shout About A Quiet Place
This week we watched A Quiet Place, a scary movie that was not only written and directed but also stars John Krasinski with his actress wife Emily Blunt. The film opens on Day 89 with the Abbott family (Evelyn (Blunt) Lee (Krasinski) & their children, Regan (Millicent Simmonds) Marcus (Noah Jupe) & Beau (Cade Woodward) looking for supplies in a shop, and we see them … [Read more...]
BMAF Head Into the World of the OASIS for Ready Player One
As a fan of the book by Ernest Cline, we rushed out to see Ready Player One from director Steven Spielberg. It was our first of his movies at the cinema for some time, whilst he has done fewer blockbusters and gone for more dramatic movies such as Bridge of Spies and The Post as well as family dramas such as War Horse and the BFG; whilst all worth watching for his talent, we … [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...]