It has finally happened. After Iron Man was released in 2008 and arguably started what is The Golden Age of the superhero movie, we now have a female-led superhero film and who better than Diana Prince herself: Wonder Woman. It would … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: Wonder Woman (2017) Review
At a time when there are sequels, prequels, remakes, reboots and re-imaginings; Fast & Furious manages the hardest of movie types – The Soft Reboot. Fast & Furious isn’t a reboot or a remake. It starts again, with a brand new … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: Fast & Furious (2009) Review
It would be easy to write Tokyo Drift off as a cheap sequel cash-in. For starters, none of the original cast return from either the first movie or the sequel. Secondly, the focus has shifted completely, this time looking at teenagers … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) Review
When you divide the key ingredients for a sequel to The Fast and the Furious they boil down to this; fast cars, sexy women, racing and Vin Diesel. Unfortunately, rather than Vin Diesel, who for reasons that will become very clear … Continue reading Fast and Furious Month: 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) Review
If ever a film proved that style over substance could work: it would be The Fast and the Furious. Like any good late 90s/early 2000 movie, it decides to overwhelm with flashy cars, hip-hop, sexy women and enough testosterone to start … Continue reading Fast and the Furious Month: The Fast and the Furious (2001) Review
I review a whole season rather than individual episodes, so there is a chance of spoilers. If you haven’t watched the whole season yet, stop reading now! Parks and Recreation manage to perform a fine balancing act for their fifth … Continue reading Parks and Recreation (Season 5) TV Review
You can’t fault the logic behind Beware the Slenderman. At a time when true crime documentaries like Making the Murderer and O.J: Made in America are hitting the headlines and becoming huge talking points, the opportunity to tell another, fairly … Continue reading Beware the Slenderman (2016) Review
I review a whole season rather than individual episodes, so there is a chance of spoilers. If you haven’t watched the whole season yet, stop reading now! Season 4 is when Parks and Recreation really hits it’s stride. It feels … Continue reading Parks and Recreation (Season 4) TV Review
Many films try their best to closely adapt graphic novels but few do it as successfully as Sin City. For most adaptations, something has to be lost in the translation but for Sin City, all the grit, grime, violence and … Continue reading Sin City (2005) Review
A Franchise Review is where we look at the whole series of movies in a franchise and review them as a whole rather than individually. As with all Views from the Sofa reviews, it will be rated out of 5 … Continue reading New Features Week: Harry Potter Franchise Review
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