Ever since director Matthew Vaughn moved from product to director his films have been ones to watch from Layer Cake; Stardust; Kick-Ass; X-Men: First Class and Kingsman: The Secret Service. Now if we were honest, we found Kingsman the weakest of these, yet this is the film he has chosen to make for his first sequel, leaving other franchises to continue with other directors … [Read more...]
Does Wonder Woman Deliver Comic Book Film Girl Power?
This week we saw Wonder Woman, a female-led comic book film which we had a lot of people sharing their love for. Now I am of an age where I think of Wonder Woman as Lynda Carter from the TV series but giving Gal Gadot’s performance was pretty much the best thing about Batman V Superman so I wanted to give this film a go myself. We went into the film in all honesty with … [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...]
Are We Bats About The Lego Batman Movie?
So this week we saw The Lego Batman Movie, we must admit we were quite excited about it as the Lego Batman of the Lego Movie was for us the film highlight. Those high hopes increased by the film opening as we get a commentary of the opening titles by Batman (again voiced by Will Arnett) setting up what we hoped would be a lot of fun. The story shows that Bruce … [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...]