If there is one thing we like at Barking Mad About Films, it’s a creature feature so despite a bashing from the critics, we booked tickets to see The Great Wall. Set in China, the film tells how The Great Wall was actually built to protect China from creatures known as the Tao Tei. The film was hit by a backlash before the film was even released over whitewashing claims, due … [Read more...]
Are Comic Book Films Losing Us More Original Films?
Now I for one do like a comic book film, I’m not the only one, so far in 2016, 4 of them fill up the top 10 highest grossing films; Captain America: Civil War; Deadpool; Batman V Superman and X-Men: Apocalypse. We can expect that list to very likely include Suicide Squad and maybe Doctor Strange as well, by the time the year ends. This juggernaut of a genre has heavy … [Read more...]
Ant-Man! Do good things come in small packages
When the announcement of Ant-Man was initially made I was actually looking forward to this one as the writer/director team was to be Adam Cornish and Edgar Wright! Adam wrote the fun Attack the Block and Edgar was of course behind Shaun of the Dead. Creative differences were given and the 2 were taken off the project (although do get credit on the screenplay) brought in to … [Read more...]