I’m giving myself a break from blogging for a while. I really enjoy writing movie reviews, sharing my views on tv and movies but I can’t keep up or dedicate the time that the best people who blog on here … Continue reading Views from the Sofa is taking a break…
Career Peak – The point in an actor, actress or director’s career when they have given their best performance, reaching a point they will probably never match again! The idea is to examine a persons film or television career and … Continue reading When was their Career Peak? – Ben Affleck
For as long as I’ve been a movies fan, one piece of casting news annoyed me more than any other. One piece of news that made me rant for at least an hour about how a whole franchise had been ruined … Continue reading My thoughts on Affleck as Batman
Britain have begun to specialise in a specific genre of movies – Gangster. There are variations within that genre, either following the Cockney, East-End gangsters that Guy Richie specialised in or the “hoody” inner-city youth gangsters that films like Kidulthood or … Continue reading Ill Manors (2012) Review
Documentaries have specific purposes; to entertain, to inform, to examine and in some cases make changes. Some of the best documentaries have followed a person with an unusual passion or story, from Man on Wire to Grizzly Man. Others have … Continue reading Into the Abyss (2011) Review
Career Peak – The point in an actor, actress or director’s career when they have given their best performance, reaching a point they will probably never match again! This is my attempt to launch a new weekly feature to accompany … Continue reading When was their Career Peak? – Hugh Grant
Love Actually is my favourite romantic comedy (what? You don’t have one?). This is because its got a great mix of soppy, funny, absurd and sad which means there is literally something for everyone. It’s also got a fantastic cast … Continue reading A surprising look at Love Actually’s cast today…
Thunderbirds: The Movie was so disappointing it angered me. What should have been a great realisation of a huge show in my childhood resulted in a kids movie which didn’t represent the fantastic Gerry Anderson show at all. Why it … Continue reading Team America: World Police (2004) Review
The tv series The Following actually ruined my enjoyment of The Raven. Or at least, it helped highlight the flaws in what could have been a very good horror/thriller. There is a lot of leverage in a story in which … Continue reading The Raven (2012) Review
The best way to transfer a sitcom or sketch comedy character from television to the movies is to change nothing. The best examples of tv characters starring in decent movies is when the film serves as an extended version of … Continue reading Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) Review
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