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...]
Get The Frobscottle’s In, BMAF Watch The BFG
We finally caught up with Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s much-loved children’s book The BFG, from a script by his E.T. writer Melissa Mathison. It was not a book we had read if we were honest, nor had we seen the previous and much-loved UK animated TV version of the tale, with the voice of David Jason, but we had heard so many people say that this was a … [Read more...]
Was Pete’s Dragon A Worthwhile Remake?
We watched Disney’s remake of their 1977 film Pete’s Dragon, as they continue to bring us live action reincarnations of their classic films, following the success of the Jungle Book, with reports that Dumbo and the Lion King are to follow. Now whilst reboot/remakes are horrific when they take on films you love and are nowhere near as good, for us we would include The Fog; … [Read more...]
The Barking Mad About Films Top Five Favourite Movie Musicals
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...]
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...]