Revolutionary Road is a movie hinging on two fantastic performances. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio re-ignite some of the chemistry they had on Titanic to play a married couple struggling with their respective and expected roles in 1950s America. It is … Continue reading Revolutionary Road (2008) Review
Rather than call Gotham Knight a movie, it is instead a collection of anime inspired animated stories which piggyback on the success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins. The tones are uneven, the stories random and the animation varying in success. … Continue reading Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) Review
If there was ever a case for DC having a wealth of worthy material that they could take their stories from, it would be an animated movie like New Frontier. Not held by the restrictions of a big budget, tent-pole summer … Continue reading Justice League: New Frontier (2008) Review
It is a bold move to have a character who doesn’t speak on-screen, alone, for the first act of a children’s movie. You have to depend on the character holding the screen with no inner-monologue, no outer dialogue and purely on … Continue reading Pixar Month: Wall-E (2008) Review
The best sports movies make you care about the character, and even the sport, regardless of whether you are familiar with it or not. The debate over whether American Wrestling is a sport is one for another time but it works … Continue reading The Wrestler (2008) Review
Christmas is a time to watch all the classic movies, from Home Alone to It’s a Wonderful Life. This year, Views from the Sofa is taking a more unconventional look at Christmas with five movies which may not exactly spread … Continue reading Unconventional Christmas Movies: Coopers’ Camera (2008) Review
There is an unusual, excellent movie in Lake Mungo, however it is hidden underneath some confused story-telling and weird, muddled narrative. The ideas that Lake Mungo want to express are clearly original, directly from the documentary style opening which demonstrates that people … Continue reading Lake Mungo (2008) Review
