The Game will keep you hooked as it’s story develops. It doesn’t feel like it should but there is something so off-putting about The Game and the events which take place, especially in the first act of the movie, that you … Continue reading Twist Week: The Game (1997) Review
The Unreliable Narrator: A narrator in a movie, play or literature who’s reliability has been compromised. This post contains spoilers for many films featuring unreliable narrators You can’t discuss Twist Week without talking about the great use of unreliable narrators … Continue reading Twist Week: The Joy of the unreliable narrator
The Mist feels like a movie trying to be more than it is. That isn’t a complaint or a criticism. This is a B-Movie, with a ridiculous horror premise, fairly dodgy effects and not-quite A-List actors giving decent performances. It … Continue reading Twist Week: The Mist (2007) 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 Twist Week: 100 Greatest Scenes Number 37: “I see Dead People”
If you remove the twist in The Sixth Sense, the movie still offers plenty to surprise you. For starters, this is one of the most under-stated performances by Bruce Willis. He plays a child psychologist, helping a small boy who has … Continue reading Twist Week: The Sixth Sense (1999) Review
It is easy to forget that The Usual Suspects didn’t arrive on the scene with a fanfare or a huge marketing campaign. Despite featuring an impressive cast which includes Benicio Del Toro, Gabriel Byrne and of course Kevin Spacey, the movie … Continue reading Twist Week: The Usual Suspects (1995) Review
After a little break, Me and Adam are back with episode 8 of the Views from the Sofa Podcast. In this episode we focus on all things “twist” as we discuss which movies have the best twist, try to guess a … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Podcast – SofaPod 8: The Sofa of Dr Caligari
The hook for True Story is exactly that… that this is a true story. It begins in a very intriguing way as well, with James Franco’s suspected murderer using Jonah Hill’s shamed journalist’s name when he is arrested. It brings the … Continue reading True Story (2015) Review
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