In 2012, We got 2 live action Snow White films that could not be more completely different. We had Mirror, Mirror with Julia Roberts & Lily Collins from Director Tarsem Singh,who was probably best known for the Jennifer Lopez SciFi Horror The Cell. We actually thought this was a lot of fun and a lot better than we expected. We also had Snow White and the Huntsman … [Read more...]
Extended On DVD! Are Cinemas Missing Out?
We at Barking Mad About Films had a decision to make! What film to see this week and our 2 choices could not be further apart! Choice One was Disney’s Zootropolis (changed from its US title of Zootopia, at the request of a Denmark Zoo, which shared the same name apparently!) Choice Two was Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice from Zack Snyder, who is no stranger to big box … [Read more...]
Film or Comic! Can We Have Both Please =)
Riding high in cinemas at present is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which got us thinking about previous comic book films and something in particular! Today we ask, What has happened to the official movie comic adaptation magazine? Over the many years I’ve bought ones for films such as Blade Runner to The Mask. My personal favourite is my treasured Jaws 2 tie in. Yet … [Read more...]
We’re Not Being Silenced About Our Favourite Oscar Best Picture Winner!
At the time of writing, the 2016 Oscars are happening this weekend. With the rise in Social Media, we’ve seen nothing but posts about what should or shouldn’t win, this year the Oscars are under a cloud due to the horrific #Oscarssowhite scandal. We want to gloss over that and think of Best Picture, some great choices and includes big box office far for a change in Mad Max: … [Read more...]
Would you be as Mad as Max to miss Tom Hardy in Legend?
If you were to name a Tom Hardy film of last year, it is more than likely you would have said his Box Office monster that was Mad Max: Fury Road But he was also in the movie adaptation of the best-selling novel Child 44 and Legend, a film about the Kray twins from Writer/Director Brian Helgeland (who had previously directed Mel Gibson in Payback and Heath Ledger in both the … [Read more...]