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...]
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...]
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...]
BMAF Takes A Ride To See Monster Trucks
Our last cinema trip of 2016 saw us see Monster Trucks a film which must like the reboot of Ghostbusters was being destroyed on the Internetas nowadays everyone is a critic! Yet from the trailers, we just thought it looked a fun family flick with hints of classic horror B movies with some comedy and science fiction thrown in. All the potential to be a cult classic in years … [Read more...]