This week we headed out to see the latest film that Disney have taken from animated classic to live action with Beauty and the Beast from acclaimed Director Bill Condon. The film has already lived on past the original 1991 animated version, with a successful transfer to the stage with a hit musical. The musical has shown the songs are loved, so this reboot seemed a … [Read more...]
Was The Blair Witch Worth Finding Again?
We recently rented Blair Witch from director Adam Wingard & writer Simon Barrett, as we really enjoyed their previous hits You’re Next and The Guest. We missed this reboot at the cinema as also like the original 1999 film The Blair Witch Project, it is a found footage movie. It has to be our least favourite genre, when I saw the original, I threw up and it wasn’t until I … [Read more...]
We Await Kong: Skull Island By Watching The Ape’s Last Film
We at Barking Mad About Films are looking forward to seeing Kong: Skull Island upon its release. Like many other reboots/remakes/sequels, it always makes up want to revisit the originals, now we have two Kong titles in our DVD collection; the most recent Peter Jackson remake and a Toho classic of 1963 when King Kong was used as an adversary for Godzilla. Both are good … [Read more...]
Why We Had A Lethal Weapon Week
Here in the UK, about to start on TV is the new Lethal Weapon series inspired by the classic franchise. The first film which came out in 1987 is special to me, as was the first 18 film I saw at the cinema and it is a franchise I've loved. Inspired by the TV show, we decided it was time to re-watch the original 4 movies, all directed by Richard Donner, to build up our … [Read more...]
10 Films That BMAF Can’t Wait To See For 2017
As we sat down and had a look at the films coming out for this year, we chose 10 which I guess may not look very original, but we want to see them none the less. Plenty of others we considered such as the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie; Murder on the Orient Express; War for the Planet of the Apes; Kingsman 2; Paddington 2; The Mummy and even Baywatch! The truth is … [Read more...]