As yesterday was the first of December, the question most media outlets and film fans ask, is that age old question is Die Hard a Christmas film. Personally, I didn’t know there were rules as to what contributes a Christmas film, do they really need to be about family and feature Santa; reindeer; elves and the like? Definitely would not seem the case as the highest … [Read more...]
The Barking Mad About Films Top Five Favourite Movie Musicals
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...]
Sharing our love of Tim Burton
Name your favourite Film Director? Yes, many will say Steven Spielberg; Stanley Kubrick; Martin Scorsese; David Fincher or Christopher Nolan, there are so many to choose from, but for us it is easy, it’s Tim Burton! I can honestly say if he directed the opening of an envelope I would still go to see it. ALL his films are owned by me, I can not think of any other director … [Read more...]
I’m dreaming of a Fright Christmas, thanks to Krampus!
Way back in 2007, the writer of X-Men 2 and Superman Returns, Michael Dougherty wrote and directed a horror film, which comprised of 5 stories called Trick ‘R Treat. The film introduced audiences to the masked Sam from his previous short film, Season’s Greetings. We really enjoyed this film, as did many others, to the fact that Sam is now popular, you can find him as all … [Read more...]
When Do You Watch The Nightmare Before Christmas?
If you go into shops at present, on the shelves are a combination of Halloween and Christmas promotions. Not likely to confuse anyone of which is which surely? But it would appear that this is not the case for what type of film The Nightmare before Christmas is! Some say it’s a Christmas film, some say it’s a Halloween film! We can watch it whatever the day or season, but we … [Read more...]