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...]
The BMAF Favourite RomCom is The Wedding Singer!
Our favourite ever RomCom here at Barking Mad About Films is the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer.It stars Adam Sandler, who it would be fair to say is not the most loved of actors/comedians on the Internet. We’re not sure why? It appears a couple of backfiring hits have culminated in it going out of control with the amount of hate for Pixels, A film we personally didn’t think … [Read more...]
Is La La Land A Film To Sing About?
This week we watched La La Land, we heard good things about this film, but apart from knowing it’s a musical, didn’t know too much about it. We chose to see this more on the fact it was from writer/director Damien Chazelle who made the excellent Whiplash. The film opens with a huge traffic jam, a driver looks to be getting out of their car to see why the cars are not … [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...]
Samberg: From TV Cop Star to Movie Popstar!
Barking Mad About Films review Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Film Main Cast: Conner: Andy Samberg * Owen: Jorma Taccone *# Lawrence: Akiva Schaffer *# Paula: Sarah Silverman Harry: Tim Meadows *Written by as well Directed by as well# Run Time: 87 Minutes Certificate: 15 Link to … [Read more...]