Within the first ten minutes of 1917, the horrors of The First World War are laid out plainly and without any overt drama, and with it the success of the movie is demonstrated. 1917 is at it’s best when it … Continue reading 1917 (2019) Review
Revolutionary Road is a movie hinging on two fantastic performances. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio re-ignite some of the chemistry they had on Titanic to play a married couple struggling with their respective and expected roles in 1950s America. It is … Continue reading Revolutionary Road (2008) Review
The best films can often be the ones you know nothing about and have no preconceived notions for. Parasite is best watched with little knowledge of the plot, the characters or where the story is going to go. If you can … Continue reading Parasite (2019) Review
Welcome to Marwen could be the closest we get to seeing Steve Carell carry an war/action movie but Marwen excels when it actually comments on the effects of trauma and PTSD. There is a clear and very neat hook at the … Continue reading Welcome to Marwen (2018) Review
Hollywood don’t make “star-vehicles” anymore. Aside from the Mission: Impossible movies which showcase the best of Tom Cruise and Vin Diesel’s control of the Fast and Furious franchise, very few films feel like they’ve been made for a particular actor. … Continue reading Sister Act (1992) Review
Ben and Dave return to discuss another very random movie list. This time its Movies starring Wrestlers. Ben and Dave delve into the Marvel Universe, talk about the “best” Rocky movie and soon discover there are only a few actually … Continue reading That Movie Lists Podcast Episode 2: Movies Starring Wrestlers
You could never accuse Baz Luhrmann of being unoriginal. From the opening of Moulin Rouge! you get the fast paced, frantic and chaotic nature that has become his trademark since he took Shakespeare’s most famous play and gave it a … Continue reading Moulin Rouge! (2001) Review
All the ingredients are here for The Irishman to be a Scorcese classic; Returning legends that have worked with Scorcese in some of his best movies; A “true story” which focuses on gangsters and the criminal fraternity; Robert De Niro … Continue reading The Irishman (2019) Review
Ben and Dave have returned with a reboot/re-brand/re-imagining of The Views from the Sofa Podcast… That Movie List Podcast! Keeping it thematic, Ben and Dave will be counting down their Top 5 Comebacks however Dave decided to go off on … Continue reading That Movie List Podcast: Episode 1 – Comebacks!
It is something of an accomplishment that director Armando Iannucci manages to undercut what is a terrifyingly true story with some great humour. The Death of Stalin is a comedy but it really shouldn’t be. This is a film about … Continue reading The Death of Stalin (2017) Review
