The comic-book adaptations that DC have done, particularly for Batman, have been fantastic. Using animation means that they can stay as faithful to the original comic book as possible and in most cases, it leads to a direct, almost frame for … Continue reading Review 400: The Dark Knight Returns (Part 2) (2013)
The Empire Strikes Back is how you do a sequel. The best way of building onto a movie that already has great characters, a solid fan base and a world full of mythology and history is to expand and develop. Don’t … Continue reading Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Review
Back to the Future Part 3 is a good example of how you finish a trilogy. The second movie ended with a pretty solid cliffhanger and luckily for the fans of the trilogy, they didn’t have to wait a whole year … Continue reading Back to the Future Part 3 (1990) Review
Splitting a book in two when you adapt it for the big screen doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be doing the story justice. Whether the studio is doing it for financial reasons or because the overall story needs to be told over … Continue reading The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015) Review
There is no doubt that the story of Margaret and Walter Keane deserves telling and that it is very interesting but is it worth a whole movie? The story boils down to Margaret Keane drawing the iconic “Big Eyed” children and … Continue reading Big Eyes (2014) Review
Today’s post is slightly self-indulgent but also a chance to showcase some of the previous posts that I have written. Views from the Sofa will be four years old in January so here is a chance to look back at the … Continue reading Looking back at previous Views from the Sofa posts
Star Wars is a film of two halves. After the iconic scrolling text and amazing, triumphant score that opens the movie and once Darth Vader has made his explosive entrance, the movie feels like it grinds to a halt. For a … Continue reading Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) Review
Unlike most horror movies that seem to be released these days, Martha Marcy May Marlene offers a more tense and sometimes terrifying viewing experience. It is all down to the constant feeling of unease and lack of safety that the movie … Continue reading Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) Review
Sometimes a film has such a serious and important story to tell that it can try a little too hard. The ambition behind Suffragette is commendable and it is a good film but I couldn’t help feel that it was over-selling … Continue reading Suffragette (2015) Review
The Judge has all the ingredients needed to be a great film but then loses it’s way in the third act. The cast is perfect for the roles they play, the story is an intriguing one with great development as the … Continue reading The Judge (2014) Review
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