Zombies is a horror genre that has been done to death (pardon the pun) and it is refreshing when something new comes along to offer a different take on the genre. There isn’t much that Train to Busan offers differently as … Continue reading Zombie Month: Train to Busan (2016) Review
The test for any decent documentary is that it should engage and entertain even if you aren’t interested in the subject matter. A good story is a good story in any medium so the story of the seemingly meteoric rise of … Continue reading Oasis: Supersonic (2016) Review
The last few years has seen an increase in “gimmick horror.” Horror movies that rely on one key plot point to ramp up the terror. It asks the audience what they would do if they couldn’t see or hear or other … Continue reading Don’t Breathe (2016) Review
A Monster Calls seems to be a movie that would work very well as a novel but lose some of it’s impact on the way to the big screen. In same cases, this seems to be the issue but in a … Continue reading A Monster Calls (2016) Review
Split is a movie you don’t see coming. It is a high concept film which if handled badly could have been camp and trashy. Here it is handled with seriousness and the movie plays out as a tense horror and one … Continue reading Split (2016) Review
There is a theory here at Views from the Sofa that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson can increase the quality of a film by at least double. This is ably proven by Central Intelligence which is as generic as could be. It … Continue reading Central Intelligence (2016) Review
You can’t fault the logic behind Beware the Slenderman. At a time when true crime documentaries like Making the Murderer and O.J: Made in America are hitting the headlines and becoming huge talking points, the opportunity to tell another, fairly … Continue reading Beware the Slenderman (2016) Review
DC have been much more successful in their animated output than their live action offerings and part of that is because they are attempting to adapt some of their better known comics. This has been fairly successful and you can … Continue reading Review 600! – Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
Sing has all the ingredients to be a great animated movie but just lacks some magic and manages to fall into familiar traps. It is a shame because it has the key elements needed, from a simple but engaging plot, … Continue reading Sing (2016) Review
The first forty-five minutes of Lion will break your heart. It is the story of a small boy called Saroo who, through events out of his control, finds himself separated from his family and lost in India’s Calcutta. What then … Continue reading Oscars Month: Lion (2016) Review
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