We at Barking Mad About Films are hopefully heading off to see La La Land, a new film musical from Damian Chazelle, the writer/director of Whiplash. This got us thinking of our favourite Film musicals os here are ours. 5. Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street We knew we wanted to include a Tim film, but we went with Todd starring Johnny Depp, based … [Read more...]
Hoping For A Return To Form From Adam
When I was a lot younger, one Actor/Comedian always would have massive hits in the US, but they would never be as popular in the UK, I am of course talking about Adam Sandler. This always used to surprise me. An actor who I had seen in the background of such films as Coneheads and Airheads, as well as the Steve Martin film, Mixed Nuts uit not taken much notice of him. I … [Read more...]
Movies: Something to sing about?
It seems every other day here at the BMAF office we read about another film being remade! Today, for the record it was Dario Argento’s Suspiria! But it seems movie companies are looking everywhere for new content and has seen big shows such as Les Miserables; Into the Woods and even Sweeney Todd leave the stage for the big screen These musicals are also attracting A list … [Read more...]