Hi, it is Bill and Teddy the Chihuahua again and time for our JULY Barking Mad About Films Newsletter. So, without any further ado, welcome to our JUNE review…. BARKING MAD ABOUT JUNE We continued our quest to watch at least one film a day, so included may classics as well as new titles. The highlight, was our annual watch of JAWS, made more significant this year by the … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About May 2025
Hi, it is Bill and Teddy the Chihuahua again and time for our JUNE Barking Mad About Films Newsletter, in which we look back at all our entertainment related pasttimes of the previous month. So, without any further ado, welcome to our May review…. BARKING MAD ABOUT MAY We continued our quest to watch at least one film a day, so included may classics as well … [Read more...]
7 Books to Read Ahead of Their Screen Adaptations
Whenever we hear a book is being annouced for a TV or Film adaptation, if the synopsis sounds great, we will seek it out and read before we watch. It may seem odd, I'm sure many would watch then read the source material, but we much prefer our way round, you may do as well? In this blog, we are sharing Seven books from our bookshelf that we have read or about to … [Read more...]
Illness on screen! A prescription for Box Office Success?
This week, Facebook highlighted that we had watched The Fault in our Stars A Teen Romantic Drama about illness, in this instance, sufferers with cancer, a year ago! What was a coincidence was that this week’s film rental was Miss You Already, again a film about someone coming to terms with being diagnosed with cancer. Films dealing with illness, terminal or not as well as … [Read more...]
Regression: The Harry Potter favourite witch faces a Satanic Cult!
A chance spotting in a charity shop, we found Regression, the new film from Alejandro Amenabar, who made the supernatural film The Others starring Nicole Kidman. The film was at a fairly cheap price, so with the added bonus of helping a charity shop we took it home with us. Now we didn’t know much about this film, it passed us by in cinemas, but with a cast including Harry … [Read more...]