In his fairly swift career as an actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has faced some formidable foes. From Jason Stathamm, to a massive lizard through to weather… Johnson has beat them all but has he beat the best. I present you … Continue reading Dwayne Johnson Month: The Rock versus… (Opponents I want to see Dwayne Johnson face)
When Deadpool hit our screens it was a refreshing take on superhero movies in a genre that was over-saturated. Here was a “hero” that was rude, sweary, self-referential and shining a huge spotlight on the industry itself. Add to that the … Continue reading Deadpool 2 (2018) Review
You can’t fault Welcome to the Jungle for playing to it’s strengths. If you have Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson: get him to beat people up. If you have Sean William Scott: have him be an annoying, motor-mouth and if you need … Continue reading Dwayne Johnson Month: Welcome to the Jungle (Aka The Rundown) (2003) Review
Jurassic World got lucky. Back in 2015, Jurassic World essentially remade seminal classic Jurassic Park but added three key aspects; they opened the park, created a brand-new hybrid dinosaur and made Chris Pratt the lead. It was a great movie and … Continue reading Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) Review
In the brief hiatus the blog had while I was consolidating and restructuring and all the other words you can use that makes this feel like a bigger deal than it actually is: The Views from the Sofa Podcast continued. … Continue reading New Episodes of The Views from the Sofa Podcast!
If there was ever a franchise that did not need a spin-off, it was the Brendan Fraser series The Mummy. Somehow, Dwayne Johnson, then known solely as The Rock, made enough of an impression as a CGI’d head on a massive scorpion … Continue reading Dwayne Johnson Month: The Scorpion King (2002) Review
As well as launching the new-look Views from the Sofa we are also launching a brand new Theme Month for July. Since he stopped “smelling what was cookin’” and started acting, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has become one of the biggest … Continue reading Dwayne Johnson Month: The Launch!
Views from the Sofa is having an overhaul! The blog has been floundering for a while, with the odd review, a total lack of features and poor attempts to do themes each month. This is going to change and it starts … Continue reading The Brand New Views from the Sofa!!!
You’d think with their previous track record, Lucasfilm and Disney as their parent company, would avoid prequels. The Star Wars prequel trilogy is not fondly remembered and many blame it for ruining a (practically) perfect trilogy series. This prequel has been met with trepidation also, especially because it deals with a character as popular and sacred as the original trilogy people work so hard to defend. Although Solo is not the “disaster” the prequel’s become renowned for, it isn’t the movie the potential of a Han Solo back-story could have been. It has a lot of strong aspects. For starters, it … Continue reading Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Review
There is nothing in The Shape of Water that you haven’t seen a hundred times before. Disney have made Beauty and the Beast twice and as you watch this film, you soon realise that director Guillermo Del Toro has done so as well. This wouldn’t necessarily have to be a negative thing if it wasn’t so familiar, predictable and ultimately pedestrian. Not that The Shape of Water doesn’t have any redeeming features. It is very well made and as with all Del Toro productions, the design of the environments that his characters occupy are full of dark, dim and (as a … Continue reading The Shape of Water (2017) Review
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