Disney seem to be pushing their live-action remakes with a vengeance. This year alone we have both Alice Through the Looking Glass (a remake/sequel) and Pete’s Dragon. Adding to that is the Emma Watson starring role in Beauty and the … Continue reading Why Disney need to make a live-action Aladdin
Recently Disney announced another live-action remake to add to their already quite substantial list. The newest was The Sword in the Stone and unless I’ve missed a few, this brings the ever-increasing list to 5. I have already written about how … Continue reading Movies Disney should make instead of their planned remakes!
Living the events of the past through the eyes of another individual, especially a life that spans many key, historical events, is a great way to present a movie differently. Forrest Gump did it very well, covering the Vietnam War, the … Continue reading The Butler (2013) Review
Today is the third anniversary of Views of the Sofa and to commemorate the birthday of the blog, I take a look back at the previous year in film with my Views from the Sofa Awards. These awards are slightly … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Awards – 2015
I’m not sure if Dead Poets Society was the first major film to offer the story of the “inspiring teacher” but it has certainly been done many times since. In movies from Freedom Writers to Dangerous Minds, the idea of … Continue reading Dead Poets Society (1989) Review
More should have been made of Robin Williams’ transformation into an old lady for his role as Mrs Doubtfire. I’m not exactly talking Oscars but it is easy to overlook the transformation that Williams’ undergoes to become the new nanny for … Continue reading Mrs Doubtfire (1993) Review
You let Robin Williams loose, to improvise, ad-lib and spontaneously perform, with little or no direction, and you can be guaranteed comedy gold. It’s to Good Morning Vietnam’s testament that this is what Robin Williams gets to do in key … Continue reading Good Morning Vietnam (1987) Review
As a kid, I never liked the movie Hook. I remember being disappointed that it wasn’t the action adventure that I remember the original story being, or the Disney cartoon at least. Re-watching it, I can see that some of … Continue reading Hook (1991) Review
Jumanji is one of the scariest family films I’ve seen in a while. The opening moments, with the young Alan and Sarah, are actually quite tense and when the bats first emerge from the fireplace, after Alan has been sucked into … Continue reading Jumanji (1995) Review
What If… is a self-indulgent look at how things could have been. I take an event or a rumour and let my imagination run wild. It’s rarely based on fact and completely based on guess-work and conjecture. So to start… … Continue reading What If… Tim Burton had directed Batman 3?
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