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)
Movies and gaming has often been unnatural bedfellows, not quite gelling the way it feels like it should. Games becoming movies is still a tricky transition and movies which have game adaptations works rarely but every now and again, a … Continue reading Games for Movie Fans: Heavy Rain
I love trailers. I think there is a special skill to putting together a good trailer. It must capture the attention and entice an audience but give very little away so that the viewer doesn’t feel like they’ve already seen … Continue reading Trailer of the Week
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
Views from the Sofa’s Greatest Scenes is a list of the 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 many different … Continue reading Greatest Movie Scenes Number 43: “Why Don’t You Like Me?”
The title alone should be enough to tell anyone if they will love or hate this movie. It lives up to it’s explanatory title with no shame or half-measure and to it’s credit, delivers a lot on the promise of deadly … Continue reading Snakes on a Plane (2006) 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 is their Career Peak? – Jennifer Lawrence
There is something captivating about the art and style of animated movies produced by Studio Ghibli. The design of the characters and the worlds may seem quite basic, particularly compared to it’s American counterparts, but in it’s simplicity there is … Continue reading My Neighbour Toroto (1988) Review
I love trailers. I think there is a special skill to putting together a good trailer. It must capture the attention and entice an audience but give very little away so that the viewer doesn’t feel like they’ve already seen … Continue reading Trailer of the Week
The simplicity of 12 Angry Men is what makes it such a classic. You can imagine that if the movie was made today, it would not have been set purely in one room, with 12 men discussing and debating but … Continue reading 12 Angry Men (1957) Review
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