There is a huge problem in movie marketing these days. Studios are vying for the huge audiences and trying to get everyone to see their movie so have started to “spoil” their own films. Trailers and posters are giving away … Continue reading Why the Cloverfield series is the best example of movie marketing
Views from the Sofa now has a Podcast! It is an extension of the blog; offering news, reviews and general views on all aspects of movie (and some TV). It is hosted by me (Ben) and co-hosted by podcast expert Adam. … Continue reading The Views from the Sofa Podcast!
It is difficult to review a movie like 10 Cloverfield Lane because the film should be seen with no prior knowledge. It is a movie that any description will either spoil for you or give you the complete incorrect impression of … Continue reading 10 Clovefield Lane (2016) Review
Cloverfield is exactly what the Found Footage genre was designed for. It puts the audience directly in the action, taking the point of view of one of the characters and presenting the full blown horror of the situation. It is primarily … Continue reading Cloverfield (2008) Review
Views from the Sofa’s 100 Greatest Scenes is a list of the 100 greatest moments in the movies. This could be long introductions, moments of action or great dialogue between characters. The scenes are in no particular order and come from … Continue reading 100 Greatest Scenes Number 7: “I Will Have My Vengeance”
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 person’s film or television career and … Continue reading What is their Career Peak? – Guy Ritchie
Although Snatch is about gangsters, has a twisted story and uses a lot of the same actors, the film has a very different feel to Guy Ritchie’s debut, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. For starters, it isn’t quite as good. … Continue reading Snatch (2000) Review
From the moment that Guy Ritchie’s fast-paced, dialogue heavy and twist-filled debut movie starts, you are very aware that you are watching something special. It starts quite nonchalantly, very low-key, as Nick Moran’s Eddy, clearly battered and beaten, explains some of the finer points … Continue reading Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Review
Although Man of Steel wasn’t the return to the big screen that people wanted for Superman, Zack Snyder actually got a lot right. On first watch you can be blinded by what the movie is doing wrong that it overshadows all the things … Continue reading Man of Steel (2013) Re-View
Batman V Superman should be met with fervent excitement the likes we haven’t seen since a certain franchise returned for a seventh belated sequel. Instead of getting fans clamouring for information, first glimpses or even queuing round the block to see the superhero juggernauts finally … Continue reading Why it is too soon for Batman V Superman.
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