In 1984, as a 13 year old I was so excited by a movie called Ghostbusters. My schoolbooks were covered with the stickers that came in my cereal box (Shreddies from memory). I owned the storybook, so I could relive their adventures over and over, and hoped that I would see the crew again. And then Ghostbusters 2 came in 1989, the wait had been helped by a hugely … [Read more...]
The 10 Things That Makes a Film Watchable For Us!
What makes a film watchable? These are the 10 things that we feel make a film watchable – which one is your biggest reason for choosing to watch the films that you do? YOUR CHOICE The most important, and the reason I’ve seen so many B-Movie shark movies with a budget of less than it probably cost to buy the DVD but we can't help it, we just love Shark films. If you … [Read more...]
What Happened to the Family Friendly Blockbuster?
About to hit cinemas are what are sure to be 2 huge blockbusters; Passengers and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, what is unsurprising is both will most likely be rated 12a, meaning anyone can see them, but under 12’s need an adult with them. When I saw the first Star Wars in 1977 it was a U, as I grew up we had so many family films:The Goonies; Back to The Future; War Games; … [Read more...]
Did We Worship The Gods of Egypt Film?
We recently watched Gods of Egypt, a big budget film that was certainly not a blockbuster upon release. This fantasy adventure had us intrigued as was from director, Alex Proyas who had given us The Crow; Dark City, I,Robot and his last film of 7 years ago, Knowing, all of which we enjoyed, so despite despite it's flop status, we decided to give it a go. In an alternate … [Read more...]
Does Time Bandits Remain A Timeless Classic?
This week at Barking Mad About Films we chose to watch the 1981 classic Time Bandits. A film we were reminded of following the sad news that actor Kenny Baker, probably best known for being the man inside R2-D2 from Star Wars had passed away. Kenny plays Fidgit, one of the Time Bandits of the film, directed by Terry Gilliam, who also co-wrote the film with his Monty Python … [Read more...]