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...]
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...]
Does Time Bandits Remain A Timeless Classic?
This week at Barking Mad About Films we chose to watch the 1981 classic Time Bandits. A film we were reminded of following the sad news that actor Kenny Baker, probably best known for being the man inside R2-D2 from Star Wars had passed away. Kenny plays Fidgit, one of the Time Bandits of the film, directed by Terry Gilliam, who also co-wrote the film with his Monty Python … [Read more...]