One of our most anticipated film watches this year is the big screen adaptation of The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. Being of an age to remember the original series, starring Lee Majors, and from the director of Deadpool 2; Atomic Blonde; Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw and Bullet Train, we can not wait to see it. But it also inspired us to revisit some … [Read more...]
The BMAF Review of March 2024
Hi, it is Bill and Teddy the Chihuahua again and time for our March Barking Mad About Films Newsletter. In our newsletter, we will share some of our thoughts and watches of the previous month and what we are looking forward to in the current month. So, without any further ado, welcome to our March update…. BARKING MAD ABOUT MARCH This month, amongst the films … [Read more...]
Film Stars In Adverts! Do They Make Us Buy?
We were awaiting a film to start the other day and as per usual had to endure what felt like an hours worth of adverts. First Harvey Keitel told us about Direct Line, quickly followed by Ryan Reynolds promoting BT Broadband with Idris Elba telling us the benefits of Sky Broadband. It didn’t stop though, Jennifer Aniston telling us the benefits of flying with Emirates, … [Read more...]
The Good & The Bad Of The Reboot/Remake
The reboot/remake is becoming increasingly more popular, with old favourites being turned into new movies or the now popular spin-off TV shows, with Lethal Weapon and Mallrats being the latest to be announced. The idea is of course not new, one of our favourite films of all time John Carpenter’s The Thing was a remake of 1951 classic The Thing From Another World. In … [Read more...]
Surprises in film! BMAF loves a big screen cameo
The other day, flicking through the channels, not wanting something too taxing for the brain, we stumbled across Submerged! This was a typical straight to DVD action vehicle from Steven Seagal and also featured Vinnie Jones as a good guy! What really caught our attention was when Seagal was getting his team together, he called on Damita, a martial arts girl, played by Alison … [Read more...]