Resolutions are a common part of bringing in the New Year and here on Views from the Sofa I like to set myself the same. These goals are achievable, try to link with making the blog (or myself) more successful and … Continue reading Views from the Sofa 2017: The Resolutions!
Pixar have become their own worst enemy. While other animation studios are slowly playing catch-up, Pixar have made themselves the industry leaders and created a brand which has become synonymous with the best animated films Hollywood can offer. This means audiences … Continue reading The Good Dinosaur (2015) Review
There are two very different films with Escape Plan. There is a clever plotted movie, with at least two well-constructed twists and some tense drama. The second movie is the one which stars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and requires guns, … Continue reading Escape Plan (2013) Review
Where Part 1 of the Deathly Hallows story was definitely designed to set the scene and place all the pieces of the tale in place, Part 2 is the finale. To say that this movie is one large set-piece may be … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) Review
The first part of the Harry Potter franchise’s finale doesn’t feel very Potter at all. The rest of the series took part in Hogwarts, introduced different aspects of the world of wizardry and had a wider mystery waiting for Harry and … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) Review
It is very telling that halfway through the Half-Blood Prince, there is a scene which was added to the film but not in the book, to give the movie some actual action in it’s second act. This is because there doesn’t … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) Review
The Harry Potter movies have always been hinged on the central mysteries. This is usually the unlocking, discovering, decoding or understanding of the titular macguffin until we get to the usual Voldemort linked finale. Unusually, The Order of the Phoenix isn’t necessarily … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Review
There is a very clear question at the center of Captain Fantastic that never really gets a straight answer – and the film is better because of this. Captain Fantastic is the story of a group of children, raised by their … Continue reading Captain Fantastic (2016) Review
There is a creepy sense of realism in The Houses October Built which will unnerve many a viewer. This movie could well have been staged as a documentary, using talking-head interviews, first-hand experiences and then coming to a valid conclusion of … Continue reading The Houses October Built (2014) Review
You could argue that there is a lot less focus on story in the fourth Harry Potter movie and much more focus on action. It is a movie of set-pieces and spectacle rather than advancing any of the larger mythology forward … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2004) Review
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