Here at Barking Mad About Films, we tend to choose a lot of the books we read on hearing they are to become films. Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews was no exception. When we heard Jennifer Lawrence was attached to the film adaptation, reuniting with her Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Hunger Games: Mockingjay director, Francis Lawrence. Of course, the trouble with reading a … [Read more...]
Should You See Bridget Jones’s Baby? Maybe!
We went to see the return of Renee Zellweger in her 3rd outing as RomCom favourite, Bridget Jones. In previous films, we’ve learnt about Bridget Jones’s Diary and then we saw Bridget question if she was ready to be in a relationship in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, well for the next stage in her life, we have this new film, Bridget Jones’s Baby. Set 12 … [Read more...]
We’re Barking Mad About This K-9 Movie!
This week we re-watched K-9, it’s probably the lesser loved of the dog and a cop buddy movies of 1989! The other being Turner and Hooch with Tom Hanks. K-9 plays out more like a traditional cop buddy movie, whereas I felt (although it's been some time since I saw it) Turner and Hooch is more an all out comedy film, with Hooch being the lead, and Turner the detective … [Read more...]
X-Men: Apocalypse BMAF review
We saw X-Men: Apocalypse yesterday, despite complaining just last week of ‘Superhero fatigue’, yet this franchise is one we have always enjoyed! If we are honest, we don’t really mind X-Men: The Last Stand As is almost the norm, since then the franchise was rebooted with a prequel. X-Men: First Class, which told the story of Eric (Michael Fassbender) and Charles (James … [Read more...]
Captain America: Civil War! MARVELlous or not?
This week, we went off to see Captain America: Civil War, with high hopes, after all, we thought The Winter Soldier, the previous Captain America entry, was one of Marvel’s better films. Adding further evidence, critics and audiences alike were heaping praise on it, with rave reviews and massive box office records. If honest though we think we may have superhero fatigue! We … [Read more...]