It’s December and it is the time of year when everyone dusts off the classic Christmas films. It’s a Wonderful Life, Home Alone, Miracle on 34th Street or even Die Hard (the best of the Christmas films). All of these … Continue reading Why don’t they make good Christmas films anymore?
Disney have gone full force (sorry) with their Star Wars universe. A film a year, some following the “official” Star Wars story and others filling the gaps in-between or adding some depth to the wider universe. Add to this their original … Continue reading Why Disney should fill in the Star Wars gaps
So it seems I’m going to do this after all. This isn’t the first nomination I’ve received but usually I’m so backlogged with posts and movies to review that I let these laps until it is embarrassingly far away from the … Continue reading Finally succumbing to The Liebster Award
The Biopic is big Hollywood business and it seems everyone and his Mother is getting one. Next year alone will see Jesse Owens, Hank Williams, Edward Snowden and Eddie the Eagle get biopics alongside numerous others. Although it seems easy enough … Continue reading People who deserve Biopics
This week, James Gunn, director of The Guardians of the Galaxy, hit back at attempts to publish a “scoop” about the upcoming sequel, titled very imaginatively Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. His point is a very valid one; not only … Continue reading Why are we “spoiling” movies before they are released?
When I was a kid, with only four TV channels available, I would often be lucky enough to catch the rare and largely unseen movie tie-in cartoons on Channel 4. These cartoons were designed to continue the adventures of the characters that had featured … Continue reading A look back at the Movie Tie-In Cartoon!
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 was their Career Peak? – Tim Burton
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
I love House of Cards – both versions. When I first started to watch the UK version, I thought I was about to see a dated precursor to the excellent American, Netflix series which had enticed me in the first place. … Continue reading House of Cards UK vs House of Cards US
The recent announcement that a Memento remake is in the works a mere 15 years after the film’s original release has been rightly met with surprise and despair. The fact that the original was only 15 years ago isn’t even the … Continue reading There are only 3 reasons you should remake/reboot a movie!
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