Recently Disney announced another live-action remake to add to their already quite substantial list. The newest was The Sword in the Stone and unless I’ve missed a few, this brings the ever-increasing list to 5. I have already written about how … Continue reading Movies Disney should make instead of their planned remakes!
In the UK we have two music channels that dedicate an hour or so a day to “non-stop Movie Classics” (or something similar.) I catch this occasionally when I’m channel hopping and the same selection of songs are being played. … Continue reading What happened to proper Movie Songs
It’s only been a month but I fancied a change! You’ll notice a new look to the site and with it some slight changes to how things are done at Views from the Sofa! First of all the things that aren’t … Continue reading Views from the Sofa is back!
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 … Continue reading What was their Career Peak? – Will Smith
So we finally have our newest Spiderman in the form of Tom Holland. I don’t know much about the actor really and am reserving judgement on his casting, mainly because Marvel do such a great job usually. I won’t have to … Continue reading How Marvel should introduce Spiderman to their shared universe
3 of the Best vs 3 of the Worst is exactly what it sounds like – 3 of the best examples of either an actor, film series, genre, etc. versus 3 of the worst. It’s also an opportunity for you … Continue reading 3 of the Best vs 3 of the Worst – Marvel’s Post-Credit scenes
Terminator Genisys was actually made worse by it’s spoiler-filled trailer. One of the biggest plot points to the movie, the reveal that John Connor was actually the film’s villain, was spoiled very clearly in the trailers for the film. This meant … Continue reading Should trailers have a spoiler rating?
Robert Downey Jr will eventually hang up his Iron Man mask and thrusters and give up on the Marvel franchise. It is a sad fact but one that has been hinted at, skirted around and thankfully avoided for at least one … Continue reading Why Marvel should never recast their characters
As he was doing the promotional rounds for Birdman, the director of the Oscar-winning movie stated that superhero films were, amongst other criticisms, “Cultural Genocide.” This is pretty much the culmination of a blockbuster backlash that Hollywood is managing to survive … Continue reading Forget Superhero fatigue – why do we still watch biopics?
Dramas are better when they aren’t procedural. It is a fact that is being proved more and more with every new and successful drama – or more importantly with the ones that are failing and cancelled. To be clear a “procedural” … Continue reading Has Netflix killed the “Procedural drama?”
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