Most animated sequels struggle to find the spark of the original. Most of the time the original story is so insular that it is difficult to justify a sequel and even more difficult to put a coherent, logical story in place. … Continue reading Pixar Month: Toy Story 2 (1999) Review
Assassination Nation looks like a violent slice of American satire. There doesn’t seem to be anything about current society that the movie isn’t trying to make a comment on. Within this trailer we see the effects of social media, hacking, blame … Continue reading Trailer of the Week: Assassination Nation
This episode Ben and Dave decide to help Will Smith. Smith isn’t the movie star he used to be and certainly isn’t lighting-up the box office with the hits you’d expect. Ben and Dave think they have the answers to listen … Continue reading The Views from the Sofa Podcast: Views from the Sofa Fix Will Smith!
October will be horror month on Views from the Sofa but we need your help! To make sure we watch as many different and varied styles of horror movies as possible, we need your suggestions for what we should include. Use … Continue reading Views from the Sofa needs your help (Horror edition)
Pixar remake the Seven Samurai but instead of people it is with ants and cockroaches. Instead of the Samurai being effective heroes they are actually circus animals who have misunderstood their roles. The template is there for a film which could … Continue reading Pixar Month: A Bug’s Life (1998) Review
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is arguably the ultimate Indiana Jones movie. There is an ancient, religious relic to chase, an adventure that takes the hero cross-country, Nazis to fight and a temples to raid complete with booby-traps and puzzles … Continue reading Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Review
There is a clue in the title of the sequel (prequel) to Raiders of the Lost Ark: Temple of Doom is silly. There was something perfectly supernatural about Raiders of the Lost Ark that is lacking from Temple of Doom. The … Continue reading Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (1984) Review
Predator is one of the 80s greatest action movies. Unfortunately, the sequels have mostly disappointed, never capturing the great writing, tense action and hunter/hunted feeling of the jungle set original. Luckily, Shane Black is on writing and directing duties and from … Continue reading Trailer of the Week: The Predator
Some ideas are so simple and so perfect that you wonder why they haven’t been done before. What better way to appeal to kids than tell a story in which their toys magically come to life whenever they are out of … Continue reading Pixar Month: Toy Story (1995) Review
There aren’t many studios that have been as successful as popular as Pixar. Making a name for themselves with Toy Story and then successfully following-up that critically acclaimed movie with the magical family favourites such as Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo and … Continue reading Pixar Month: The Launch!
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