I loved both the comic and the movie of Mark Miller and Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service. What was surprising is how different the two actually were. There were changes that had to be made to make the movie … Continue reading Which is better – Comic or Movie? Kingsman!
Impractical Jokers is the funniest TV show I’ve ever seen. I don’t say that lightly but it speaks for itself when every episode has me laughing so much I literally have tears in my eyes. Not bad for what is … Continue reading Why you should be watching Impractical Jokers
Knowing how much of an involvement she had in The American Office, I know Mindy Kaling can create good characters, portray a funny comedy character and write a decent sitcom. It’s quite a shock that The Mindy Project fell so … Continue reading Why I stopped watching The Mindy Project
Today is the third anniversary of Views of the Sofa and to commemorate the birthday of the blog, I take a look back at the previous year in film with my Views from the Sofa Awards. These awards are slightly … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Awards – 2015
Happy New Year! A new year customarily means New Year’s resolutions and I have ones specific to Views from the Sofa and I want to share them with my readers in the hope that you may help me along the … Continue reading Views from the Sofa 2015: The Resolutions!
This is slightly different to my usual What If… posts. I’m not going to speculate but instead invite discussion. My sister asked me this question and it stuck with me because it’s not as straight-forward an answer as you’d think. … Continue reading What If… You could only watch the movies of one actor/actress?
Posters have become the lesser cousin to trailers when it comes to the marketing for movies, particularly big blockbusters. The poster is usually released around the same time as the trailer or in some minor cases, a couple of months before just … Continue reading What if… Posters were the only marketing tool a film could use?
What If… is a self-indulgent look at how things could have been. I take an event or a rumour and let my imagination run wild. It’s rarely based on fact and completely based on guess-work and conjecture. With Dawn of … Continue reading What If… The prequels ACTUALLY came first
What If… is a self-indulgent look at how things could have been. I take an event or a rumour and let my imagination run wild. It’s rarely based on fact and completely based on guess-work and conjecture. Guardians of the … Continue reading What If… DC had done their universe franchise first?
The tv show I’m currently most excited about seeing is Batman prequel, Gotham. The footage, trailers, images, casting and story-ideas I have heard all sound perfect for a show set in and around Gotham City when Bruce Wayne is just … Continue reading What I don’t want to see in Gotham
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