When I was growing up, films like Police Academy and Friday the 13th were both ridiculed for the number of sequels they had. Now any film that is remotely popular, will get a film series, and despite originally started out as a concept for an episode of The X-Files, Final Destination was a hit and sequels would follow every 2 or 3 years. Then after Final … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Talk Sequels: The Good & The Bad
Way back when Sigourney Weaver first faced off against Ridley Scott’s Alien, no one knew the franchise would be as successful as it is now, of course, things could have been different, had it not had such an incredible sequel in James Cameron’s Aliens that more sequels; prequels and spin-offs followed! By then we were so invested in the Aliens, we rushed out for films … [Read more...]
The Good & The Bad Of The Reboot/Remake
The reboot/remake is becoming increasingly more popular, with old favourites being turned into new movies or the now popular spin-off TV shows, with Lethal Weapon and Mallrats being the latest to be announced. The idea is of course not new, one of our favourite films of all time John Carpenter’s The Thing was a remake of 1951 classic The Thing From Another World. In … [Read more...]
We Miss Original Blockbuster Movies!
We were looking at the latest film times online, planning our next trip and we are clearly now in Blockbuster season. Proven by the fact that we definitely look like heading out to see Captain America: Civil War, for our next choice. But whilst there, we noticed tickets are now also available for X-Men: Apocalypse, which will highly likely be our next choice. We then felt a … [Read more...]
What’s Your Favourite Movie Franchise?
Star Wars and Hunger Games fans are aplenty and these franchise fans will be out in droves for the new instalments arriving on our screens soon. Currently in cinemas, a huge following of fans of the James Bond franchise have made Spectre another box office smash. If we love a film on screen, it is more than likely we will see it return. This can be especially seen in the … [Read more...]