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...]
Is The Legend of Tarzan Legendary or Not?
This week’s rental was the 2016 Blockbuster ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ from director David Yates, best known for his work as director on the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. The Edgar Rice Burroughs character has been portrayed many times from small to the big screen, with everything from TV shows to a Disney film. Whilst most portray the Tarzan in the jungle, … [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...]
The Barking Mad About Films Top 10 of 2016
So it’s time for the BMAF Top 10 films of 2016. A year which saw us bored by comic book heroes: Batman V Superman; Suicide Squad and Doctor Strange all were okay but not 5-star movies for us. We also have to add Captain America: Civil War, it may have had a great battle scene but we honestly felt we’d seen most of it in trailers. On the subject of trailers, 10 Cloverfield … [Read more...]
Celebrating The Non-Christmas Festive Movie!
We at Barking Mad About Films have shared a blog about our favourite Christmas movies before (read it here) but recently we questioned what makes a Christmas movie after we watched Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford, whilst it was on Netflix. The film’s opening in which Harrison’s character was shot was around December, as festive decorations were to be seen. Does that … [Read more...]