What if Sam Raimi hadn’t made his Spiderman trilogy? Would people treat Marc Webb’s reboot with the disdain and disregard? People were too quick to dismiss the movie because it was so soon after Raini’s disastrous Spiderman 3 but what did people expect? Imagine … Continue reading The Amazing Spiderman (2012) Re-View
Some ideas are probably too brilliant to ever feel their true potential on-screen. They can be so good that when you try to tell some sort of story with that idea as the central basis, you find that it never … Continue reading The Purge (2013) Review
There is a formula to the classic, “magical” Disney films. It can be boiled down to the story, the characters and the songs. Every classic Disney film, every Disney film that is a favourite from childhood and makes people’s “top ten” … Continue reading The Little Mermaid (1989) Review
Views from the Sofa is back. After far too long trying something else movie related, I’ve decided to give my viewing and reviewing of tv shows and films another go. It will be less frequent than it was the first … Continue reading Views from the Sofa is back!
I’m giving myself a break from blogging for a while. I really enjoy writing movie reviews, sharing my views on tv and movies but I can’t keep up or dedicate the time that the best people who blog on here … Continue reading Views from the Sofa is taking a break…
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 persons film or television career and … Continue reading When was their Career Peak? – Ben Affleck
I 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! Russell Tovey is fast becoming one of Britain’s best comedy talents. He brought a great … Continue reading The Job Lot (Season 1) TV Review
For as long as I’ve been a movies fan, one piece of casting news annoyed me more than any other. One piece of news that made me rant for at least an hour about how a whole franchise had been ruined … Continue reading My thoughts on Affleck as Batman
Britain have begun to specialise in a specific genre of movies – Gangster. There are variations within that genre, either following the Cockney, East-End gangsters that Guy Richie specialised in or the “hoody” inner-city youth gangsters that films like Kidulthood or … Continue reading Ill Manors (2012) Review
Documentaries have specific purposes; to entertain, to inform, to examine and in some cases make changes. Some of the best documentaries have followed a person with an unusual passion or story, from Man on Wire to Grizzly Man. Others have … Continue reading Into the Abyss (2011) Review
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