We have written before, that we love a creature feature so it was always likely we were going to see Kong: Skull Island. However coming from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts who we had never heard of, for a blockbuster movie we went in with low hopes, especially as our previous King Kong watches have always left us entertained, but wanting more. It is safe to say that for us, … [Read more...]
We Await Kong: Skull Island By Watching The Ape’s Last Film
We at Barking Mad About Films are looking forward to seeing Kong: Skull Island upon its release. Like many other reboots/remakes/sequels, it always makes up want to revisit the originals, now we have two Kong titles in our DVD collection; the most recent Peter Jackson remake and a Toho classic of 1963 when King Kong was used as an adversary for Godzilla. Both are good … [Read more...]
Is Logan A Grand Finale For Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine?
We have mentioned in the past about our superhero fatigue but with Logan pitched as the final outing for Hugh Jackman as the Wolverine that we first saw in X-Men way back in the year 2000, we knew we would be seeing this one, as he has been one of the more consistent standouts of the comic book movies!!! But Hugh isn’t alone, he’s bringing Professor X (Patrick Stewart) along … [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...]