Variation and character progression are two descriptions you don’t usually use for animated sequels. Once you’ve established the characters and their traits in the initial movie, the sequel usually treads familiar ground, rehashing old jokes or playing on the relationships and dynamics it … Continue reading How to Train your Dragon 2 (2014)
It’s a bold move to begin your movie telling the audience that you won’t be relaying the “Hollywood” version but will be telling a “true story.” Most of the time this is relayed as an overly depressing, gritty drama that takes … Continue reading The Fault in Our Stars (2014) Review
You think Clint Eastwood, you don’t think musical. Paint your Wagon aside, he doesn’t exactly ooze, camp, song-tune charm. This is why it is surprising that he directed a film adaption of a Broadway hit but not so surprising that … Continue reading Jersey Boys (2014) Review
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! It’s difficult to review a tv show when it isn’t really making any major … Continue reading Scrubs (Season 5) TV Review
Days of Future Past was a bold move by Fox and the people behind the X-Men franchise. When the third movie in the original trilogy, The Last Stand, managed to put an end to a flourishing franchise by killing off … Continue reading X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Review
It’s a common rule of comedy sequels that they are not usually as good as the original movie that inspired them. Most people know this, even the makers of 22 Jump Street, who reference this fact itself in a scene … Continue reading 22 Jump Street (2014) Review
Often a TV show will make a point of comparing itself to another successful show in an attempt to boost it’s pilot episode audience. The HBO drama Looking did exactly that, comparing itself to the other successful HBO drama, Girls. … Continue reading Why I stopped watching HBO’s Looking
Blue Valentine is an example of what can be achieved if you want to make a “realistic” romantic drama. I remember reading the reviews for the movie when it was first released and the same sentiment was constantly repeated: this is … Continue reading Blue Valentine (2010) Review
I’ve decided to change the rating system on my reviews. Rather than rate every film out of ten (or 100 because I also used decimal points), I’ve decided to go for the more traditional system of rating movies out of … Continue reading Do you agree with my ratings? (A change for Views from the Sofa)
A new trend has begun to develop in blockbuster movies – particularly ones that are “reboots” or attempting to breed new life into a franchise. It’s occurred in two films being released this summer, Godzilla and the new Transformers movie, still … Continue reading Godzilla (2014) Review
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