With so many new streaming platforms, production companies need to get new content for them. An easy way of doing that is creating a TV show based on an existing film, recently for example, we had shows based on: Willow Fatal Attraction Wednesday from The Addams Family Boiling Point American Gigolo Reacher The list goes on and on, but here are five more … [Read more...]
Did Transformers: Bumblebee leaves us with Glee?
We have seen 4 of the 5 previous Transformers movies, A question we still ask is why had we seen 4, as we have not really enjoyed any of them, the 5th maybe fatigue set in, as, like myself, not many people saw it, so given the previous films had taken billions (in fact 2 took over billion on their own) at the box office, it was reboot time. The studio chose a … [Read more...]
More Aliens Prominent but is it Good for Alien: Covenant?
When we at Barking Mad About Films sat down and made our list for the 10 films we most wanted to see, Alien: Covenant (AC) made our list at number 2 due to the promise that the Aliens we so wanted to see in Prometheus would return. AC as a title, is very misleading, in our opinion Prometheus 2 or Prometheus: Alien Origins may have managed our expectation better. The film … [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...]
Is The Force Strong With Rogue One. A Star Wars Story
This week we saw Rogue One, billed as a Star Wars story and fits in between the events of Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV – A New Hope. Unlike The Force Awakens, our expectations were not as high for this release, as whilst we enjoyed the low-budget Monsters from its director Gareth Edwards, in all honestly, we were very underwhelmed by his Godzilla … [Read more...]