Regardless of how you feel about musical cinema, once the opening song of La La Land begins and a huge choreographed set-piece atop cars reaches it’s conclusion, I defy anyone to not at least be tapping their feet. If you allow it, … Continue reading Oscars Month: La La Land (2016) Review
Hindsight is 20/20. It is easy to look back at The Academy Awards and complain that they’ve made a terrible mistake with their eventual winners. This can often be up for debate and discussed in-depth but there are also times when … Continue reading 8 films that should have won The Oscar instead…
Sometimes a gripping narrative driven by action and huge set-pieces isn’t necessary. Some films can survive on a central performance instead, forcing the narrative forward through the actions, even if they are fairly subtle, can sometimes be enough. To do this … Continue reading Oscars Month: Fences (2016) Review
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! Gotham should be one of the best shows on TV. It has everything you’d want; compelling … Continue reading Gotham (Season 2) TV Review
Some films can get away with being all about a performance in-place of any action or anything of excitement. Manchester by the Sea relies on a powerhouse performance by Casey Affleck and this seems to work very well to begin with. … Continue reading Oscars Month: Manchester by the Sea (2016) Review
As always, each month there will be a new Theme for the blog. This month sees the launch of Oscars Movie month, looking specifically at the movies which have been nominated in the “major categories.” What are the major categories? These … Continue reading The Oscars Month – The Launch!
A “Soft Reboot” – Restarting a franchise, series or continuity but still acknowledging what went before! Views from the Sofa is back! After the New Year brought me a beautiful new daughter, my life was thrown upside-down and something had to … Continue reading Views from the Sofa – A “Soft Reboot.”
The IMDB top 250 is a list of movies compiled based on the ratings given by the members of IMDB – and I’m going to watch them all. There are some many “classic” movies which I haven’t seen or have seen … Continue reading The IMDB top 250 movies challenge
Assassins Creed does resemble a video game in it’s structure. Like most video games, it is a weak, shallow narrative used to hinge impressive set-pieces and action sequences upon. Unfortunately, what works well for a video game doesn’t work well for … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed (2016) Review
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! It was always going to be a risky move updating a classic kids TV show, especially one … Continue reading Thunderbirds are Go (Season 1) TV Review
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