As yesterday was the first of December, the question most media outlets and film fans ask, is that age old question is Die Hard a Christmas film. Personally, I didn’t know there were rules as to what contributes a Christmas film, do they really need to be about family and feature Santa; reindeer; elves and the like? Definitely would not seem the case as the highest … [Read more...]
The BMAF Answer to is Die Hard A Christmas Movie?
As the Festive season approaches many share their favourite Christmas films, we are no exception but one that seems to cause more controversy than most is Die Hard Many class this film as a Christmas movie but many say that it's not, we questioned a while ago what makes it non-festive when we saw another film which is clearly set around the period so we agree slightly with … [Read more...]
Celebrating The Non-Christmas Festive Movie!
We at Barking Mad About Films have shared a blog about our favourite Christmas movies before (read it here) but recently we questioned what makes a Christmas movie after we watched Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford, whilst it was on Netflix. The film’s opening in which Harrison’s character was shot was around December, as festive decorations were to be seen. Does that … [Read more...]
BMAF Remembers Bowie and Rickman: Gone but never will be forgotten
This week, the BMAF office was shocked to hear that David Bowie had passed away, best known of course for his fantastic music, he also was known for his acting work. Many of us when younger, would have known him as the Goblin King from Jim Henson's Labyrinth, but he has done none fantasy roles from Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence to the Man Who Fell To Earth. Who can forget … [Read more...]
Christmas movie watching
Dare we mention that festive season is approaching us fast. We thought we would write a blog about some of our favourite festive films. We should point out that Gremlins and Tim Burton's Nightmare before Christmas are films that we do watch but we have blogged about them previously so excluding them. This post also excludes Krampus which we can not wait to see next week … [Read more...]