So this week we saw The Lego Batman Movie, we must admit we were quite excited about it as the Lego Batman of the Lego Movie was for us the film highlight. Those high hopes increased by the film opening as we get a commentary of the opening titles by Batman (again voiced by Will Arnett) setting up what we hoped would be a lot of fun. The story shows that Bruce … [Read more...]
The Lego Movie, Everything Is Awesome…Maybe?
We at BMAF are planning on seeing The Lego Batman Movie soon, so decided to get ready for it by watching The Lego Movie. From the directing team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who brought us 21 and 22 Jump Street, as well as the previous animated success, Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs, this film follows Emmet Brickowoski (voiced by Chris Pratt) a Lego construction … [Read more...]
The Shallows! Is This Shark Thriller JAWSome?
When we heard about The Shallows film, because of it featuring a shark, it quickly became one of our must-see films of the year. Shark films are a guilty pleasure for us here at Barking Mad About Films, a fact that we’ve blogged about before https://barkingmadaboutfilms-com.stackstaging.com/shark/ Jaws, is our all time favourite film. The film also gave us a fascination … [Read more...]
Deadpool Shows Us Comic Book Films Are Not Just For Kids!
My last visit to the cinema was to see yet another Marvel comics creation head to the big screen. I have to admit I am not a big comic book reader, but the films, in general, have been entertaining enough. There seems to have been a bit of life put into them of late, Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man have even offered something a bit different to the genre. Even the … [Read more...]