Synopsis: All Clara wants is a key that will open a mysterious parcel she has received from her late mother, her quest to find it will lead her to a magical world via her Godfather that includes Mice and toy soldiers and plenty of adventure Director: Lasse Hallstrom with Joe Johnston Writers: Ashleigh Powell for screenplay suggested from the short story by … [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...]
We Can’t Wait To See Miss Peregrine’s School On Screen
We at BMAF love the films of Tim Burton, no other director is more guaranteed of our bottoms on seats when he has a new film out, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children will certainly continue this trend. An adaptation of the book of the same name by Ransom Riggs, after seeing a synopsis, when we knew Tim was bringing it to the screen, we sought the book out, we have … [Read more...]
Why we see in 3D
3D if done right, can really enhance a film story, things have changed from those amusement park attractions where the 3-D was just a gimmick. You would go to have something hit you in the face or have a pole swing towards you (we still have nightmares of a snake in our lap, from the Disneyland Honey, I shrunk the kids attraction) 3-D is now used to show us depth and heights … [Read more...]
BMAF Go Through the Looking Glass
We at Barking Mad About love Tim Burton films, for us he hasn’t made a bad film, but his remakes and reboots whilst hugely enjoyable to watch are not a match for his original tales such as Beetlejuice; Edward Scissorhands; Sleepy Hollow and our personal favourite of his, Ed Wood. His reboots/remakes seem to get him the most criticism starting from his remake of Planet of the … [Read more...]