We at Barking Mad About Films love to theme our movie watching. This year we have for example done Fraser Fridays, in which we would watch a film that starred the actor, Brendan Fraser. We have also done Washington Wednesdays in the same theme but movies of Denzel Washington, we were inspired by this after a rewatch of his two Equalizer films ahead of the third. The … [Read more...]
Should You Have ‘Hakuna Matata’ About Seeing The Live Action Version of The Lion King?
Director: Jon Favreau Writer: Jeff Nathanson (Screenplay) Brenda Chapman (Story) and Irene Mecchi; Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton (Characters) Voice Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor; John Oliver;James Earl Jones; John Kani; Alfre Woodard; JD McCrary; Shahadi Wright Joseph; Penny Johnson Jerald; Keegan-Michael Kay; Eric Andre; Florence Kasumba; Seth Rogen; Billy Eichner; … [Read more...]
Is This Animated Film Something to ‘Sing’ About?
Today we saw animated box office hit Sing from writer/director Garth Jennings about some animals competing in a talent show. The film follows a Koala bear called Buster Moon (Voiced by Matthew McConaughey) who owns a failing theatre and is desperate to put on one big show to save it from closure. With the popularity of talent shows on TV, he believes that by putting one … [Read more...]
Is Disney’s Moana Something to Moan or Cheer About?
This week’s rental was Moana, an animated box office hit from Disney, that we missed on its cinema release. Set in Polynesia, an island has been cursed following the theft of a stone by the demigod Maui (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) that is the mystical heart of the island goddess Te Fiti! The curse has now reached an alarming situation, as the village crops are dying and … [Read more...]
Are We As Addicted To The Angry Birds Movie As To Its App
When we used to commute to work, in a time before services like Netflix, let us download titles to watch, we would pass the time away playing the hugely popular game, Angry Birds. The game using Birds to cause destruction in order to save eggs from green pigs first appeared in 2009 and as of July 2015 had been downloaded in various formats, including a Star Wars & Rio … [Read more...]