Another month and another theme launch. Unfortunately, this means I’m doubling up on themes as I haven’t been able to get all of my “Best of 2017” watched (and reviewed) yet. This month is of course the run-up to The Oscars … Continue reading Oscars 2018: The Launch
After all these years you still can’t fault Pixar for originality. At a time when every animation seems to have some anthropomorphic animals or is a sequel (although Pixar suffer from this too), they introduce a movie featuring a young boy … Continue reading Best of 2017: Coco (2017) Review
At the beginning of the week I asked for people’s contributions and votes for the best films of 2017. I had a load and also went searching, using lists from Empire, Total Film, Mark Kermode and other published lists from … Continue reading Best of 2017: The final publicly voted list!
It is difficult to review Mother! without giving anything away or spoiling the experience. It is an experience that people will either love and get on-board with or completely reject and hate. It doesn’t feel like there could be any in-between. … Continue reading Mother! (2017) Review
Views from the Sofa is 6 Years Old today! As has become tradition, we always use our birthday to look back at the past year and give some awards based on the movies we have watched this year. These awards are … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Awards 2018
2018 has started but the first theme of the new year is a simple one: Watching the ten best films of 2017! I missed a lot of movies that were released last year and want to make up for that … Continue reading Best of 2017: The Launch! (and I need your help!)
Happy New Year! Here at Views from the Sofa we always start the New Year with resolutions and aims. This year we are doing things slightly differently. Rather than resolutions (which can and will be broken) this year Views from the … Continue reading Views from the Sofa 2018: The Launch!
There is a great story somewhere in High Rise. The idea of huge skyscraper style apartment blocks, with the richest living at the top and the poorest at the bottom has all sorts of great potential for social commentary. Add to … Continue reading High-Rise (2015) Review
The best sports movies make you care about the character, and even the sport, regardless of whether you are familiar with it or not. The debate over whether American Wrestling is a sport is one for another time but it works … Continue reading The Wrestler (2008) Review
The most important aspect of any movie franchise is to not lose sight of what makes the series so successful. In the case of Pirates of the Caribbean, it is clearly the character of Jack Sparrow which is brought back to … Continue reading Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) Review
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