When I was growing up, films like Police Academy and Friday the 13th were both ridiculed for the number of sequels they had. Now any film that is remotely popular, will get a film series, and despite originally started out as a concept for an episode of The X-Files, Final Destination was a hit and sequels would follow every 2 or 3 years. Then after Final … [Read more...]
The BMAF review of May 2024
Hi, it is Bill and Teddy the Chihuahua again and time for our May Barking Mad About Films Newsletter. In our newsletter, we will aim to share some of our thoughts and watches of the month and what we are looking forward to in the next month. So, without any further ado, welcome to our May update…. BARKING MAD ABOUT MAY This month was an incredible average month for … [Read more...]
Putting the APE Into Our APE-RIL Rewatches
We are big fans of the Planet of the Apes movie series, but it wasn’t always that way. 🦍 It was one of those things we were aware of, mainly from its TV series and Cartoon in the Seventies, when growing up. But if we saw the movies, we had no real memory of them. In fact we didn’t really discover the movies, until the late Eighties, when we saw the brilliant … [Read more...]
Five Films Being Turned Into New TV Shows
With so many new streaming platforms, production companies need to get new content for them. An easy way of doing that is creating a TV show based on an existing film, recently for example, we had shows based on: Willow Fatal Attraction Wednesday from The Addams Family Boiling Point American Gigolo Reacher The list goes on and on, but here are five more … [Read more...]
This Joker Film Is No Joke!
Synopsis: An Origin story of how troubled comedian Arthur Fleck would end up being Gotham’s most notorious villain, the Joker. Director: Todd Philipps Writers: Todd Philipps; Scott Silver; based on characters created by Bob Kane; Bill Finger & Jerry Robinson Stars: Joaquin Phoenix; Robert De Niro; Zazie Beetz; Frances Conroy; Brett Cullen; … [Read more...]