Sometimes the label “based on a true story” can help give a movie it’s sense of realism, it’s sense of drama and make the experience much more engrossing as you realise that people had to live through the events of … Continue reading Dwayne Johnson Month: Pain & Gain (2013) Review
Snitch begins by making it clear it is a true story and because you know this, what follows is a tense and edge-of-your-seat thriller. Knowing that what occurs is based on true events makes them feel more high-stakes and it helps … Continue reading Dwayne Johnson Month: Snitch (2013) Review
Views from the Sofa has been going for six years and is now halfway through it’s seventh. That means that usually I will hit a milestone review during the year and for the first 6 I used a clear theme: Batman. … Continue reading The search for Review 700!
This could potentially be one of the movies of the year. Unbreakable is one of my favourite films and potentially the best superhero origin story ever while Split won the Views from the Sofa award for movie of 2016. Glass brings … Continue reading Trailer of the Week: Glass
There is a fantastic movie hidden somewhere in Roman J. Israel Esq. Somewhere along the way it becomes lost, maybe because it is a movie trying to do many different things, or be many different types of movie all at once. … Continue reading Roman J. Israel Esq. (2017) Review
Molly’s Game is Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut and it has his style all over it. Molly’s Game is a well-told, superbly written and engrossing drama that catches you from the very beginning and refuses to let you go. Sorkin wrote the … Continue reading Molly’s Game (2017) Review
Every now and again you find an absolute gem of a TV show. A TV show which hooks you so instantly that you want to watch as much of it as possible. If you’re lucky, like I was with Taskmaster, there … Continue reading Why you should be watching Taskmaster
In 2017 Michael Stuhlbarg had a run of films that most actors would kill for. He managed to star in 3 movies that were all subsequently Oscar nominated and in one case, won the Oscar for Best Picture. Nevertheless, most people … Continue reading Unsung Hero: Michael Stuhlbarg
Views from the Sofa returns with another Top 5s special. This time we discuss two Top 5s that many people will surely have an opinion about; Top 5 Action Heroes and Top 5 Bruce Willis movies. Some of the choices are … Continue reading Views from The Sofa: The Podcast – Top 5s (Part 2)
Call Me by Your Name struggles to be an original movie. Very little of what you see in the film hasn’t been seen before. It is a film about “coming-of-age,” “finding yourself,” “unexplored sexuality” and “life-changing relationships.” It has a teenage … Continue reading Call Me by Your Name (2017) Review
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