Justice League is a movie that will want you craving more as the credits roll. This would usually be a positive, and to some extent it is, but it is also because Justice League feels like the first act of a … Continue reading Justice League (2017) Review
The Last Jedi makes it clear how much nostalgia can cover over “the cracks.” The Force Awakens was a great movie. Very exciting, thrilling and welcome return to a franchise that was in desperate need of some quality. While watching The … Continue reading Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Review
You could always trust Amy Schumer to write a romantic comedy which bucked the trend and offered something different. Amy Schumer was never going to write a comedy where the female character was dependent on the lead male character to “sort … Continue reading Trainwreck (2015) Review
Before Vin Diesel seemingly cornered the market on fast cars and Family, another film mixed these two concepts to good effect, in fact some may even argue better than the earlier Fast and Furious movies. Nicholas Cage would steal cars, get … Continue reading Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) Review
Hollywood don’t make films that are “cool” anymore. Movies are trying too hard to be dark and gritty or to make their comedies gross-out and silly, that nobody is appealing to the market that likes their films stylistic, flashy and oozing … Continue reading Oceans Eleven (2001) Review
Episode 3 is a bit later than usual but it is a jam-packed bumper episode and well worth the wait. This episode is Then and Now, which means Dave and Ben discuss everything remake, reboot and sequel, looking at the … Continue reading Views from the Sofa The Podcast: Season 2 Episode 3: A Ghost in the Sofa
There is a theory here at Views from the Sofa that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson can increase the quality of a film by at least double. This is ably proven by Central Intelligence which is as generic as could be. It … Continue reading Central Intelligence (2016) Review
In the never-ending and ever-expanding debate regarding which Disney film is the greatest of all time (my vote is Aladdin incidentally), Beauty and the Beast stands in strong contention. It is difficult to overlook the Oscar recognition and the fact that … Continue reading Beauty and the Beast (1991) Review
Nothing so perfectly captures 90s Britain as Trainspotting. It seems cliché to say it now and many an article and blog post has been written which details the reasons Trainspotting is the culmination of British 90s culture but from the moment … Continue reading Trainspotting (1996) Review
The final theme of 2017 is a very simple one – all the films I’ve seen and have yet to review. 2017 has been an absolutely crazy month personally and the blog has definitely suffered. 2018 will see a resurgence and … Continue reading Month of Reviews: The Launch!
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