1996, the earth came under attack from aliens, in the HUGE box office hit, Independence Day (also known as ID4) from Roland Emmerich & Dean Devlin, reteaming after their huge hit, Stargate. Whilst Stargate would go on to spin off into a hugely popular TV series, it was surprising that ID4 never got a sequel, after all, it was a huge box office success, making some $800m … [Read more...]
Should You Grab(oid) At The Chance Of Seeing Another Tremors Movie?
We at Barking Mad About Films do love a creature feature, and one of the best, in our opinion was the 1990 film, Tremors. Directed by Ron Underwood, who would go on to direct the also excellent City Slickers. Also on his CV is Mighty Joe Young. Ron may be best known, however, for directing the huge Eddie Murphy box office flop: The Adventures of Pluto Nash. Ron now … [Read more...]
What’s Your Favourite Movie Franchise?
Star Wars and Hunger Games fans are aplenty and these franchise fans will be out in droves for the new instalments arriving on our screens soon. Currently in cinemas, a huge following of fans of the James Bond franchise have made Spectre another box office smash. If we love a film on screen, it is more than likely we will see it return. This can be especially seen in the … [Read more...]
What Happens Next? Adding to the Film Experience
We have looked in a previous blog at how movies can sell products using everything from Minions to characters from Disney. But it doesn’t just have to be food they can put their name to, clothing, of course is an obvious one. I’ve many a film related T-shirt. Licensing can be a multi-million pound industry, all adding to our film experience! Star Wars is often praised as … [Read more...]
The Creature from the Black Lagoon who gave Frights in Black and White
Universal Studios to this day, have given cinema some of the greatest monsters and creatures to hit the big screen. This year, they took us back to Jurassic Park and made millions alone! Whilst they have not been making monster movies since the Jurassic Era, they have done since as early as the 192o's Giving us the likes of the famed Universal Monsters: Dracula; … [Read more...]