We at Barking Mad About Films are hopefully heading off to see La La Land, a new film musical from Damian Chazelle, the writer/director of Whiplash. This got us thinking of our favourite Film musicals os here are ours. 5. Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street We knew we wanted to include a Tim film, but we went with Todd starring Johnny Depp, based … [Read more...]
Ninja Turtles Come Out Of The Shadows! Should They Have?
This week we saw the big-budget sequel to the comic book heroes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows. Now if we are honest, we really didn’t like its 2014 predecessor, directed by Jonathan Liebesman, but with the addition of Krang; Rocksteady; Bebop and Casey Jones, we were intrigued. The new film, again written by Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, is this time … [Read more...]
We Read The Circle Ahead Of It’s Big Screen Adaptation
We recently saw a trailer for The Circle, a film that I guess in part looked like a dark version of The Social Network. You can’t help but notice when the film has a cast of Tom Hanks; Emma Watson; Karen Gillan and John Boyega. With us already deciding we wanted to see this, to help with the wait for its release, we also noticed from the trailer, the film was based on a book … [Read more...]
Did We Go Wild For Hunt For The Wilderpeople?
We finally got to see Taiki Waititi’s 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople', a film that did not make our local cinema, yet we desperately wanted to see as a fan of his last film, What We Do In The Shadows and a lot of his earlier work, in particular, his Eagle Vs Shark and TV’s Flight of the Conchords. It has now arrived on the UK Netflix so we could not wait to watch it. The film is … [Read more...]
Are We As Addicted To The Angry Birds Movie As To Its App
When we used to commute to work, in a time before services like Netflix, let us download titles to watch, we would pass the time away playing the hugely popular game, Angry Birds. The game using Birds to cause destruction in order to save eggs from green pigs first appeared in 2009 and as of July 2015 had been downloaded in various formats, including a Star Wars & Rio … [Read more...]