We recently wrote that we revisited Independence Day ahead of this week's visit to see its long-awaited sequel Independence Day: Resurgence. So was it worth the 20-year wait? The quick answer is No, not really. This film has a lot of good ideas but is just a bit boring, to be honest. The film establishes earlier on that the Will Smith character died in an accident, … [Read more...]
BMAF Can’t Wait To Meet The Girl On The Train
We at Barking Mad About Films do love a Jennifer Lawrence movie, but one other actress we always keep an eye on is Emily Blunt! She always seems to make at least one film that makes our end of year top 10! Examples are 2015 Sicario; 2014 Edge of Tomorrow; 2012 Looper; 2011 The Adjustment Bureau. 2013 She only provided voiceover work for the English version of The Wind Rises … [Read more...]
Is Zootropolis another Disney classic?
This week we decided to see Disney’s Zootropolis. You may know it as Zootopia dependant on where you are based. We liked the concept of a Bunny teaming up with its ‘enemy’ a fox, to fight crime for the ZPD (Zoo Police Department) To be honest, it was also a great choice for us, as this film had not been ruined by an extensive marketing campaign, with about 40 different … [Read more...]
Waiting for a trailer for some lady ghostbusters
Way back in 1984, I saw a film that I loved called Ghostbusters and 5 years later, it spawned a sequel, which whilst I didn’t enjoy as much, it was great seeing those characters again. In fact so much so, I intend to give Ghostbusters II another viewing soon Now in 2016, the inevitable reboot is gearing up for release but the bile that has been said about it without even … [Read more...]
Jaws 19: Coming soon?
Jaws 19, the new holofilm, directed by Stephen Spielberg’s son Max, was predicted to hit Holomax cinemas in October 2015 in Back to the Future Part II. Now as we know there have been 4 Jaws films to date: Jaws: Which made you afraid to go in the water Jaws 2: Which made you afraid to go back in the water Jaws 3-D: Which was a new dimension in terror Jaws: The … [Read more...]