People will know Joe Pesci as one of two actors. He is either the unhinged, terrifying gangster from films like Goodfellas or the slapstick buffoon from movies like Home Alone. Its easy to look past the fact that this shows … Continue reading My Cousin Vinny (1992) Review
Views from the Sofa’s 100 Greatest Scenes is a list of the 100 greatest moments in the movies. This could be long introductions, moments of action or great dialogue between characters. The scenes are in no particular order and come from … Continue reading 100 Greatest Scenes Number 31: The Restaurant Scene
There is no arguing that this is the Golden Age of Superhero movies but there are plenty of other heroes than didn’t originate in the pages of DC and Marvel. Before superheroes and super-powers, there were heroes of a different kind, … Continue reading Five “classic” heroes in need of a reboot
From the moment that Guy Ritchie’s fast-paced, dialogue heavy and twist-filled debut movie starts, you are very aware that you are watching something special. It starts quite nonchalantly, very low-key, as Nick Moran’s Eddy, clearly battered and beaten, explains some of the finer points … Continue reading Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Review
Never has a title of a film been more apt than Legend. At times you could compare the story of The Kray twins to that of a character from The Old West. Like Billy the Kid or Wyatt Earp, these are … Continue reading Legend (2015) Review
Britain have begun to specialise in a specific genre of movies – Gangster. There are variations within that genre, either following the Cockney, East-End gangsters that Guy Richie specialised in or the “hoody” inner-city youth gangsters that films like Kidulthood or … Continue reading Ill Manors (2012) Review
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