I review a whole season rather than individual episodes, so there is a chance of spoilers. If you haven’t watched the whole season yet, stop reading now! Season 4 is when Parks and Recreation really hits it’s stride. It feels … Continue reading Parks and Recreation (Season 4) TV Review
Many films try their best to closely adapt graphic novels but few do it as successfully as Sin City. For most adaptations, something has to be lost in the translation but for Sin City, all the grit, grime, violence and … Continue reading Sin City (2005) Review
A Franchise Review is where we look at the whole series of movies in a franchise and review them as a whole rather than individually. As with all Views from the Sofa reviews, it will be rated out of 5 … Continue reading New Features Week: Harry Potter Franchise Review
Superheroes are ridiculous. The concept is silly, the ideas usually stupid and most ridiculous of them all is The Batman. Not only is he a man dressed as a bat using his wealth to fight crime: he does this very … Continue reading The Lego Batman Movie (2017) 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
I review a whole season rather than individual episodes, so there is a chance of spoilers. If you haven’t watched the whole season yet, stop reading now! Season 3 marked a spring-clean and a sharpening-up of Parks and Recreation. Off … Continue reading Parks and Recreation (Season 3) TV Review
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
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
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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