You can’t fault Marvel for changing the scope and ambition of their stories. Not content with stories which span galaxies and time, we now we have immortal creatures who are tied to the creation of the universe itself, including a … Continue reading Eternals (2021) Review
At a time when it is clearly very easy to make a lot of money from remaking their animated properties into live action films, Disney does something more interesting with Maleficent. Instead of a dull retelling of Sleeping Beauty, it … Continue reading Maleficent (2014) Review
If Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie made a film together today it would be a blockbuster. Not necessarily a big budget spectacle but certainly a movie that a studio would pin their big money hopes upon, looking at the two to … Continue reading The Bone Collector (1999) Review
When they re-launched, rebooted and rebranded Lara Croft as a younger, inexperienced and grittier character, they also opened the door for a more cinematic Tomb Raider. This meant that just watching the trailer for the video-game was enough to make you … Continue reading Video-Game Movies Month: Tomb Raider (2018) Review
You have to give the first big screen outing of Tomb Raider credit: at least the casting was spot-on. Although a polygon woman hardly pointed studios in the direction of a real-life actress, casting Angelina Jolie was a savvy move and … Continue reading Video-Game Month: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Review
Before Vin Diesel seemingly cornered the market on fast cars and Family, another film mixed these two concepts to good effect, in fact some may even argue better than the earlier Fast and Furious movies. Nicholas Cage would steal cars, get … Continue reading Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) Review
Views from the Sofa is 5 Years Old today! As has become tradition, we always use our birthday to look back at 2016 and give some awards based on the movies we have watched this year. These awards are for all the … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Awards 2017
Mr and Mrs Smith is Alfred Hitchcock’s attempt at a screwball, romantic comedy. The director who would become known as the master of suspense, thrillers and horror would have a foray into the romantic comedy, with what unfortunately is a fairly … Continue reading Mr and Mrs Smith (1941) Review
Career Peak – The point in an actor, actress or director’s career when they have given their best performance, reaching a point they will probably never match again! The idea is to examine a person’s film or television career and … Continue reading What was their Career Peak? – Angelina Jolie
If the words “A True Story” were not so blatantly featured on this movie, you would dismiss the story as absurd. The initial idea that a boy would go missing and then the police would present the missing child’s Mother with another boy and … Continue reading The Changeling (2008) Review
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