When we sat down to see what films we were looking forward to seeing in 2024, it was rather sad to see how many where sequels or spin offs to already existing movies. So, we have created a separate list of them, and these are the 10 films we are looking forward to in 2024 that are new to the big screen. THE WATCHERS We have recently read the book that the film … [Read more...]
The BMAF Review: Fighting With my Family
Synopis: A Brother and Sister are thrilled when they get a chance to audition for the WWE when they are spotted wrestling in the UK Director: Stephen Merchant Writer: Stephen Merchant Stars: Florence Pugh;Jack Lowden; Nick Frost; Dwayne Johnson; Vince Vaughn; Lena Headey Watch trailer here: The BMAF Review: This film is based on the true story of an English … [Read more...]
Does Eddie the Eagle Soar In This Biopic?
This week for the BMAF household we saw Eddie the Eagle, a film based (very loosely) on the true events of Eddie Edwards, who became the first British Ski Jumper at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Oddly enough this film will most likely have you thinking of Cool Runnings, the film about the Jamaican Bobsled team, as this also happened at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The film … [Read more...]
Does Creed offer a Knockout film for the Rocky legacy
One of the BMAF top 10 films of last year was the Boxing movie, Southpaw, which we blogged about. You can read that here: here https://barkingmadaboutfilms-com.stackstaging.com/southpaw/ We highlighted that in our opinion, at the movies, Boxing seems to be the sport to beat, when looking for great sporting films. The Fighter; Cinderella Man; Raging Ball; Million Dollar … [Read more...]
Disney’s Million Dollar Arm: You’ll be a ‘Mad Man’ to miss it
This weekend at the home of BMaF, Mrs Barking Mad chose our choice of film for our now usual Sunday night ritual. And what a cracker she chose in Disney's Million Dollar Arm. Star of one of our favourite TV shows 'Mad Men' Jon (Donald Draper) Hamm stars as JB who has left his relatively safe sports agent job to go it alone with his friend Aash (Aasif Mandvi), but their one … [Read more...]