Hi, it is Bill and Teddy the Chihuahua again and time for our APRIL Barking Mad About Films Newsletter. So, without any further ado, welcome to our April review…. BARKING MAD ABOUT APRIL 2025 We watched quite a few classics in April, which again included revisits to some old favourties. One thing we have been doing this year is trying to watch a Robin Williams film … [Read more...]
We Have A Haunted Halloween courtesy of Goosebumps 2
Synopsis Two young friends, Sonny and Sam look to raise extra money by collecting scrap, on one of their jobs they find a book and an old ventriloquist dummy, which is, of course, Slappy from the first film and the book is Haunted Honeymoon, an unfinished book by R.L. Stine The book will unleash mischief all over town and with the help of Sonny’s sister, Sarah they must … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Go To The Jumanji Jungle
We went to our local cinema to see Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the sequel to the much-loved late, great Robin Williams family adventure film Jumanji. If the truth is told, the trailers had left us underwhelmed but strong word of mouth had us intrigued. The film does well to establish that the dated board game of the original needed to be upgraded for new tech-savvy … [Read more...]
We Await Kong: Skull Island By Watching The Ape’s Last Film
We at Barking Mad About Films are looking forward to seeing Kong: Skull Island upon its release. Like many other reboots/remakes/sequels, it always makes up want to revisit the originals, now we have two Kong titles in our DVD collection; the most recent Peter Jackson remake and a Toho classic of 1963 when King Kong was used as an adversary for Godzilla. Both are good … [Read more...]
Is Kung Fu Panda 3 Bearilliant or UnBearable?
Animation film sequels can be a mixed bunch, whilst Toy Story sequels have added to the joy brought from the originals, other franchises have slowly got poorer and poorer, Shrek being our worst offender! Coming from Dreamworks Animation, the same studio as Shrek, Kung Fu Panda 2 was an enjoyable sequel and as such a franchise was born with a spin-off TV show and now we have … [Read more...]