We at Barking Mad About Films always keep an eye on all things film, and we have noted that of late, there is now a growing trend to take movies to the stage for plays or musicals. We always share news and offers for tickets when we see them on our facebook page. Fans of our page will have seen that most recently to our stage, we have had plays based on films ranging from … [Read more...]
Sharing our love of Tim Burton
Name your favourite Film Director? Yes, many will say Steven Spielberg; Stanley Kubrick; Martin Scorsese; David Fincher or Christopher Nolan, there are so many to choose from, but for us it is easy, it’s Tim Burton! I can honestly say if he directed the opening of an envelope I would still go to see it. ALL his films are owned by me, I can not think of any other director … [Read more...]
Send The Animated Moviestars On Tour
This week, Po, the Kung Fu Panda, voiced by Jack Black charges into UK cinemas for Kung Fu Panda 3 with his superstar voiced friends Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) Tigress (Angelina Jolie) Mantis (Seth Rogen) Viper (Lucy Liu) Crane (David Cross) and Jackie Chan as Monkey. Adding to the cast, this time are Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston; J.K. Simmons and Kate Hudson. The films have … [Read more...]
We Miss This From The Movies Thanks to Modern Day Advances
We have spoken before, that with the download age we live in, we do worry that hard copies of films on DVD or BluRay days are numbered. This is why we embrace the limited edition releases such as steel books or releases with art cards for example, as we hope they can keep them going a bit longer. One of the things that has gone from my youth is the single from Vinyl; … [Read more...]
Ghostbusters! We ain’t afraid of no reboot
Every day I see a tweet or a post about how it is an absolute disgrace that Ghostbusters is being remade. What most upsets me is this appears to be because the reboot is having an all female Ghostbusting team. I certainly don’t recall this uproar when Bill Murray; Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson didn't voice the Real Ghostbusters cartoon =) I am a massive fan … [Read more...]