Views from the Sofa is 8 Years Old today! As has become tradition, we always use our birthday to look back at the past year and give some awards based on the movies we have viewed and reviewed within that … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Awards 2020
For something so intrinsically American as WWE and Pro Wrestling, Fighting with my Family has a fantastic British charm which stops this becoming the ultra-cheesy underdog story we have seen a thousand times before. Many will be put off by it’s … Continue reading Fighting with my Family (2019) Review
Creed managed an impossible task of breathing life into a franchise long thought dead. Rocky Balboa ended the Rocky franchise with a suitable chapter but Creed managed to show that there was life in Rocky as a supporting character and that … Continue reading Creed II (2018) Review
There is a reason people buy Greatest Hits albums. That heavy dose of nostalgia, the fact you have all the best moments from your favourite band in one single, accessible place and a clear way to recognise and celebrate the achievements … Continue reading Rocky Balboa (2006) Review
There are some great steps towards rectifying the mistakes of Rocky IV in the fifth entry to the franchise. For starters, it feels like Rocky is going back to his roots with this movie. The story manages to push Rocky out … Continue reading Rocky Month: Rocky V (1990) Review
Rocky III is the quintessential Rocky movie. It is the Rocky movie that takes everything that worked in the previous two movies, all the moments that everyone loves about Rocky, and builds them-up to their biggest and boldest. It has … Continue reading Rocky Month: Rocky III (1982) Review
Rocky could be the greatest underdog of all time. There is a realism to Rocky which makes the main character’s struggle and his overcoming of the odds so much more enjoyable and realistic. Rocky isn’t suffering from a brain injury or … Continue reading Rocky Month: Rocky (1976) Review
Ben and Dave return with a new episode running down the Movie Universes they would most like to live in. This includes discussions about the pros and cons of stopping time while also debating how much of a rubbish Jedi Ben … Continue reading Views from the Sofa The Podcast: Season 3 Episode 7 – Top 5 Movie Universes
Ben and Dave take a look at the 1970s and the best movies this decade produced. Well Ben does… Instead Dave takes a look at the best titles of this decade and creates his own movies (it has to be heard … Continue reading The Views from the Sofa Podcast Season 3 Episode 3: Best of the 70s
Views from the Sofa is 7 Years Old today! As has become tradition, we always use our birthday to look back at the past year and give some awards based on the movies we have viewed and reviewed within that year. … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Awards 2019
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